Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe02:59 PM • June 05 2026 IDTThe Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, met on Thursday with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in a private meeting focused on the challenges facing Christian communities across the Middle East, during which he raised concerns about ongoing instability and security pressures affecting Christians in Lebanon, Syria and Israel.Trending Now'We Confuse Them': BDS Can't Decide What to Do About This Israeli BandBen-Gvir Reverses Ban on Woman Who Raised Israeli Flag in al-AqsaWill Iran's Provocations in the Gulf Make Trump Blink?Defense Minister Refuses to Provide AG Information on Haaretz Ban in IDF62 Haredim Arrested in Violent Protests Outside Supreme Court Justice's HomeIn the NewsCould Lebanon Be Netanyahu's Political Graveyard Once More?'Nations Committing Genocide Don't Recognize It in Real Time'UN Nuclear Watchdog Says It's Been Unable to Inspect Iranian FacilitiesNetanyahu Says IDF Won't Withdraw From Southern Lebanon in the Near FutureReport: Israel Secretly Deployed IDF Troops to Azerbaijan Amid Iran WarRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?Israel's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This'The Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the Start