Lela Gilbert

Lela Gilbert is author of the newly released novel Angel’s Flight. She also wrote Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner and is co-author, with Nina Shea and Paul Marshall, of Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians. She is an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute and lives in Jerusalem. For more, visit her website: www.lelagilbert.com. Follow her on Twitter@lelagilbert.

Turkish President Reçep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses a meeting of his ruling AK Party in Ankara on July 26

Erdogan’s agenda: Neo-Ottoman ambition or pan-Islamist zeal?

antisemite

Witnessing the growing rise of antisemitism in the US as a non Jew

An internally displaced Syrian girl wears a face mask as members of the Syrian Civil defence sanitize the Bab Al-Nour internally displaced persons camp, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Azaz, Syria March 26, 2020

Coronavirus, Turkish attacks threaten Kurds, Christians in northeast Syria


China’s people of faith: Canaries in Xi Jinping’s coal mine

Thanks to the coronavirus, a sickened world is taking a second look at China’s extreme despotism, typified by its policies on religious freedom.

A poster with a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed along a street in Shanghai, China, October 24, 2017

A Purim lesson at the White House

The chants of “Death to Israel” wafting across the world from today’s Iran confirm that the more things change, the more they remain the same.

The White House is pictured in Washington D.C

Are Iran’s Christian converts at greater risk after Soleimani’s demise?

On January 3, the United States eliminated Soleimani, a powerful figure who coordinated the Iranian proxy militias responsible for mayhem and violence across the Middle East.

A CHURCH in central Tehran.

Gazan Christians on Christmas: Escape from watchful eye of radical Muslims

“Every year I pray they will give me a permit so I can celebrate Christmas and see my family."

PALESTINIAN GIRL scouts pose for a photo in front of a Christmas tree outside the Holy Family Church in Gaza City.

Saturday people, Sunday people and the ‘Mohammadian army’

“In his tweets in Turkish and Arabic, however, Erdogan described his forces as ‘the heroes of the Mohammadian army’ – a term dating back to the Ottoman Empire,” the report continued.

Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel

Trusting Trump and a lesson for the West: Proceed with caution

It all sounded wonderful at the time. But it looks like I applauded too soon.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, October 7, 2019

President Trump: Religious freedom is rare in the world

“The United States is founded on the principle that our rights do not come from government. They come from God.”

AN IRAQI Christian man prays after the rehabilitation and inauguration of the ancient Church, the Virgin Mary Church, in Basra

Iran’s aggression and the Shi’ite apocalypse

With this in mind, I interviewed Saeed Ghasseminejad and asked what he thinks about Iranian aggressions today.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with people of Qom, in Teheran, Iran, January 9, 2019.

Kidnaps and killings, Nigerian-style

Leah’s mother recently visited Washington, DC, where I had an opportunity to speak to her about her daughter, and about her own tireless efforts to see Leah released.

A girl displaced as a result of Boko Haram attack in the northeast region of Nigeria, rests her head on a desk at Maikohi secondary school camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Yola

A bad news, good news report about antisemitism in the U.S.

Is America experiencing Europe’s growing antisemitism?

A POLICE barricade around the synagogue that was the site of the Pittsburgh massacre