Friday, January 2, 2026 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel will open a “new front” focused on protecting Christian communities in parts of Africa and the Middle East, including Nigeria.
Netanyahu disclosed this in his New Year’s message published
on his official YouTube channel.
Speaking to an audience of Christian Zionists, Netanyahu
said Israel was expanding its engagement beyond military confrontations to
address growing global threats to Judeo-Christian values.
He also stated that Israel recently fought a “seven-front
war” and emerged largely victorious, adding that an additional challenge had
now arisen.
According to him, the new front is centred on influencing
public opinion, particularly among young people, which he described as a battle
for “hearts and minds.”
“I see the battle against us and the battle against our
Judeo-Christian tradition basically being waged around the globe,” he said.
Netanyahu identified “radical Shiite Islam and radical Sunni
Islam” as the main forces waging that battle, pointing to Iran and the Muslim
Brotherhood as leading what he described as opposing axes.
He asserted that Israel was unique in protecting Christian
communities and ensuring their growth and safety.
The PM further announced that Israel was joining efforts to
establish a coalition of countries, similar to a United Nations (UN) framework,
to support Christian communities worldwide, particularly those under threat.
“I see the battle against us and the battle against our
Judeo-Christian tradition, basically being waged around the globe. And it’s
waged primarily by two forces — radical Shiite Islam and radical Sunni Islam,”
he said.
“That means the axis that is led by Iran, much battered,
admittedly, but still there, and the Sunni axis led by the Muslim Brotherhood,
which permeates everything.
“They go to Europe, the United States, Africa and Nigeria.
And we are conscious of the fact that Christians are being persecuted — across
the Middle East, in Syria, in Lebanon, in Nigeria, in Turkey and beyond.”
The Israeli leader described the gesture as payback.
“Just as you are helping us, we want to help back, and we’re
capable of doing this. In Africa, with intel, in the Middle East, with a
lot of means that I won’t itemise.
“This is what our agenda is; it’s a main part of our agenda,” he explained.'
NETANYAHU announces ‘New Front’ to protect Christian communities facing genocide pic.twitter.com/RJoQIcslk0
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) January 2, 2026
){kind=link}
0 Comments