While many Western world leaders appeared to wake up to Israeli harassment of Christians following last month’s entry ban on the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem and three priests attempting to hold Palm Sunday prayers in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, attacks on and harassment of Christian religious figures and laity in Israel and East Jerusalem have long preceded that incident. The Israeli-registered nongovernmental organization the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue documented 155 cases of attacks against Christians in 2025, a 40 percent increase on the previous year.