With the close of Arizona's 2026 legislative session, House Bill 2039 expired without becoming law. Photo: Gage Skidmore

Lebanon, Gaza and the Holy Land: Christians Caught Between War, Humanitarian Collapse and a Struggle for Religious Freedom

One of the most alarming incidents occurred in the Christian village of Taybeh, the last entirely Christian Palestinian town in the West Bank. On May 29, preparations for the community’s annual Marian festival were temporarily halted when Israeli military vehicles entered the village and ordered organizers to stop their work, despite the event having received the required authorizations from local authorities