Christian Zionism in the News
Christian Zionism: A Greek Orthodox Perspective
July 21, 2025
Israel has bombed St. Porphyrus church in Gaza, one of the oldest in the world, repeatedly since last October. Pnoto: Ashraf AmraAPA images
“When Israeli forces bombed Christianity’s third oldest church in Gaza, killing civilians sheltering inside, most American evangelical leaders didn’t say a word.” Thus begins a Greek Orthodox Christian analysis of Christian Zionism’s impact on Palestinians.
The authors of this May 15, 2025 article in The National Herald trace the influence of Christian Zionists on American foreign policy from the early 1980s to the present. Then they describe the effect that this theology has on the present. “For Palestinian Christians, Christian Zionism offers not solidarity but erasure. . . It justifies the bulldozing of Palestinian homes, the confiscation of land, the destruction of ancient churches, and the erasure of a people whose presence predates Christianity itself.”
Towards the end of the article the authors ask a searching question: “Has U.S. foreign policy become so captured by evangelical interests that it lacks mercy for the oldest Christian communities, those of the Holy Land?”
The article “Christian Zionism’s Grip on U.S. Policy Erasing Palestinians” appeared in the May 15, 2025 issue of The National Herald, the American paper of record of the Greek Diaspora community. The two contributors to the article are Patrick N. Theros and Marika P. Theros. Patrick N. Theros was a career Foreign Service Officer from 1963 to 1999 and received four State Department Superior Honor Awards. He served as the US Ambassador to the Qatar from 1995–1998. Marika P. Theros, PhD, is a Policy Fellow at the London School of Economics.
To read Patrick and Marika’s article: Christian Zionism’s Grip on U.S. Policy Erasing Palestinians.