Overview
- Speaking to heads of Christian churches and universities in Florida, Netanyahu praised Christian Zionist support and called the partnership indispensable to Israel.
- He said Israel will join an initiative to build a coalition of countries supporting threatened Christian communities, promising help that could include intelligence in Africa and unspecified tools in the Middle East.
- Netanyahu framed the effort as a shared Judeo-Christian struggle, saying Israel had fought a seven-front war and now faces an ideological contest for hearts and minds.
- He identified two principal adversaries in this campaign: radical Shiite Islam led by Iran and radical Sunni Islam associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Pointing to persecution in Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria and Turkey, he asserted Israel is the lone Middle Eastern state where Christian communities thrive, while offering no list of partner countries or operational details for the coalition.