{"id":63407,"date":"2026-05-12T06:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=63407"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:05:58","slug":"us-israel-war-attacks-ancient-christian-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=63407","title":{"rendered":"

US-Israel War Attacks Ancient Christian Heritage<\/span><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renee Parsons<\/p>\n

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that US-Israel\u2019s conflicts are widespread and continuous throughout the Middle East as they have now initiated an unprovoked attack against Iran.<\/p>\n

The reality of Israel\u2019s antagonism can be found in its Greater Israel Plan<\/span><\/a> which covets fragmenting Iran into multiple subdivisions as well as destruction of those Middle East states and neighbors which were once constituted as the Holy Lands:\u00a0 <\/span>Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and including significant parts of Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s war in Lebanon and the West Bank is assuming the similarities of Gaza\u2019s genocide with the displacement of thousands of civilian casualties including targeted journalists, paramedics and ambulances, destroyed infrastructure as well as special focus on destroying evidence of the Christian Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s modern history in the ME is one of consistent brutal, violent attacks on the Christian, Palestinian and Moslem populations especially when Easter and Ramadan<\/span><\/a> were approaching. \u00a0 <\/span>The Zionists have no hesitation to inflict destruction, vandalism and harassment<\/span><\/a> of Christian religious<\/span><\/a> sites, schools<\/span><\/a>, statues<\/span><\/a> and generally disrespectful<\/span><\/a> behavior.<\/p>\n

Tucker Carlson recently held a conversation<\/span><\/a> with Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem Hosem Nauem regarding the challenges that Christians face everyday in Israel with repeated examples of intolerance and bias especially noting an increase in Israeli \u2018settlers\u2019 attack<\/span><\/a>s on Christian Palestinians in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

They spoke of how the Israeli Police denied access<\/span><\/a> to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and other Christians from entering the Church of the Holy Spulchre<\/span><\/a> in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday mass.<\/p>\n

The Church is regarded as one of the oldest in the world and the holiest site in Christianity as the location of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection and the object of annual holiday observances.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

There was once reason for Americans to initially be optimistic about Donald Trump\u2019s election in 2024 with a willingness to confront issues rarely enunciated by a President-elect.\u00a0 <\/span>It was Trump\u2019s America First position of no new interventionist wars as well as his promise to end the Ukraine war on \u2018day one<\/span><\/a>\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>which provided his election day victory.<\/p>\n

While Trump\u2019s Inaugural Speech articulated that his \u201cproudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and a unifier<\/i>\u201d and that \u201cwe will measure our success by the wars we never get into<\/i>,\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>the President also promised to \u201cstop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 as well as \u201crestoring justice under the rule of law.\u201d<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

However none of those pronouncements found direct expression to satisfy Trump\u2019s campaign rhetoric.\u00a0 <\/span>That earlier post-election optimism has been dashed as Trump has been revealed to be an eighty year old suffering from cognitive decline locked in an unsavory political alliance with Israel\u2019s most famous war criminal.<\/p>\n

There is a historic irony in today\u2019s conflict with Iran being threatened by Israel mimicking its early opposition to US demands in 1958-1963 regarding inspections as Dimona became Israel\u2019s source for weapons grade material.\u00a0 <\/span>In contrast to Israel, Iran has not proven to be in pursuit of a nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n

It is not without some anxiety that Americans today have recognized a shadow government that has been allowed to dictate US foreign policy as Trump\u2019s lock-step with Israel has been belatedly revealed.<\/p>\n

With his re election in 2024, it was only a matter of time before Trump united publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a \u2018war criminal\u2019<\/span><\/a> designated by the ICC<\/span><\/a> for starvation, attacks against a civilian population and murder, persecution and other inhumane acts on the Palestinians.\u00a0 <\/span>None of that has appeared to be a detriment to Trump\u2019s close relationship with Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

The first indication of Trump\u2019s less than peaceful tendencies was his persistent provision of American funds and weapons to Ukraine as well as a steady stream of unconstitutional bombings on eight countries<\/span><\/a> with no known explanation in clear disregard for the US Constitution as well as a violation of his most important campaign promise.<\/p>\n

Contrary to the American public\u2019s expectation, that unholy alliance was led by the IDF with acquiescence of the US, also provided US weapons to Israeli for its genocide of over 70,000 Gaza Palestinians as well as an unprovoked, unconstitutional attack against Iran in June, 2025 known as the Twelve Day War.<\/p>\n

That war was followed on February 28th<\/sup><\/span> as Trump again followed Netanyahu\u2019s lead to initiate a second unprovoked, unconstitutional attack claiming that Iran was imminently about to produce nuclear weapons. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That should have been a wake up call but neither Trump nor Netanyahu, both vulnerable to hubris and narcissistic impulses, have yet to learn a life teaching without repeating its malicious lesson of karmic capitulation.<\/p>\n

While the Mossad predicted that the second attack on Iran would be of short duration, neither Netanyahu nor Trump were concerned that any unprovoked war of aggression is specifically defined in the Nuremberg Trial<\/span><\/a> as a war crime.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding the promise of short duration, the war with Iran is now in its 38th day with little sign of an imminent conclusion as the war has now spread into the West Bank and Israel\u2019s long standing conflict to destroy Lebanon.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Again, let by the IDF with the acquiescence of the US, exhibiting no special sensitivity to historic, religious sites that have been destroyed in Gaza by Israel during its genocide, included not limited to the\u00a0Great Omari Mosque<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and a compound of the\u00a0Church of Saint Porphyrius<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the oldest mosque and oldest church in Gaza as well as other historical sites such as the\u00a0Ibn Uthman Mosque<\/span><\/a>, the\u00a0Pasha Palace<\/span><\/a>, the\u00a0As-Saqqa Palace<\/span><\/a>, the\u00a0Al-Qissariya Market<\/span><\/a>, and the\u00a0Hamam al-Sammara<\/span><\/a>. The ancient port of\u00a0Anthedon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was completely destroyed. Museums including the\u00a0Al Qarara Cultural Museum<\/span><\/a>, the Akkad Museum, and the\u00a0Rafah Museum<\/span><\/a>\u00a0were looted, damaged, or destroyed.<\/p>\n

As Israel took advantage of a ceasefire initiating an attack on southern Lebanon<\/span><\/a>, multiple areas of profound ancient historic, heritage and religious significance were subject to violent attacks and destruction including areas where Jesus Christ performed his ministry, walked with the Apostles, preached and performed miracles, was crucified, died and resurrected.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel forces destroyed the mausoleum of Simon Peter<\/span><\/a>, an apostle of Christ, in the village of Shama in southern Lebanon estimated to be 1,925\u20131,995 years old.<\/p>\n

Despite a ceasefire in Lebanon which was immediately violated by the Zionists, numerous Christian towns, churches and historic landmarks were destroyed by Israel in southern Lebanon having created a humanitarian crisis including but are not limited to Muhaibib<\/b>: Entirely demolished by IDF explosives, erasing centuries of history\u00a0Wikipedia<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span>Nabatieh<\/b>: The 200-year-old souks (marketplaces) were almost completely destroyed in October 2024, leaving the town \u201cunrecognisable\u201d\u00a0The New Arab<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0 <\/span>Baalbek<\/b>: UNESCO World Heritage site; October 2024 strikes damaged the ancient Roman Temple of Bacchus and nearby Ayyubid shrine\u00a0The New Arab<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0 <\/span>Dardghaya<\/b>: Saint George\u2019s Church destroyed in October 2024, killing two rescue workers\u00a0The New Arab<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0 <\/span>Mhaybib<\/b>: Prophet Benjamin shrine and multiple mosques destroyed\u00a0The New Arab<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0 <\/span>Tebnine Castle<\/b>: Significant damage to outer walls; originally built by the Crusaders in 1104\u00a0The New Arab<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0 <\/span>Tyre<\/b>: Phoenician and Roman ruins, including Al-Bass and Al-Mina archaeological sites, struck multiple times\u00a0The New Arab<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0 <\/span>Yaroun<\/b>: Catholic convent of the Salvatorian Sisters demolished in May 2026 after Israeli forces entered the site, claiming it was not externally identifiable as religious\u00a0Al-Monitor+1<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In response to the obscenity of the Trump-Israeli war, the U.S. State Department recently approved a $ 9 billion arms sale<\/span><\/a> to Israel, the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar for Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems bypassing standard Congressional review. The sale was approved by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n

Renee Parsons\u00a0<\/i><\/b>has been an elected public official in Colorado, an environmental lobbyist with Friends of the Earth and a staff member in the US House of Representative in Washington, DC. Before its demise, she was also a member of the ACLU\u2019s Florida State Board of Directors and President of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63407"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63410,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63407\/revisions\/63410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}