# West Bank Christians Test Trump's Israel Support

> West Bank Christians face violence as Trump's Israel backing faces scrutiny.
- Title: West Bank Christians Test Trump's Israel Support · Newsweek
- Summary: West Bank Christians face violence as Trump's Israel backing faces scrutiny. West Bank Christians warn Trump's support for Israel risks erasing their…
- Keywords: west bank, christians, trump, israel, settler violence, taybeh, biden, huckabee, netanyahu, christian communities, west bank christian population, olive harvest
- Source: Newsweek — https://newsweek.com/west-bank-christians-put-trumps-support-for-israel-to-the-test-12589630
- Published: 2026-10-19T21:21:10+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: west bank, christians, trump, israel, settler violence, taybeh, biden, huckabee, netanyahu, christian communities, west bank christian population, olive harvest
## Christian Advocates Warn Trump
Christian advocates urge Trump to pressure Israel to protect Palestinian Christian communities from settler violence.

> dismantling one of the oldest Christian presences in the Holy Land
## Trump Endorses Netanyahu
Trump gave his 'Complete and Total Endorsement' to Netanyahu for reelection after 19 years in power.
## Settler Attack on Journalist
Settlers allegedly attacked an American journalist in the occupied West Bank, prompting Trump's ambassador to call it a 'despicable act of terror'.

> despicable act of terror
## Israeli Police Investigation
Israeli police opened an investigation into what Netanyahu called a 'confrontation' with 'serious questions' about responsibility.

> confrontation
## Taybeh Village Attack
European diplomats and a French mayor were allegedly attacked by masked settlers in Taybeh, the West Bank's last entirely Christian village.
## Advocate Alexandrya Pouliot
Advocate Alexandrya Pouliot, who runs the Save West Bank Christians campaign, warned Christians face 'existential threat' of erasure.

> Christians in the West Bank are facing an existential threat - at risk of erasure in a matter of years
## Christian Community Decline
An estimated 50,000 Christians live in the West Bank and Jerusalem, down 75 since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.
## Taybeh Olive Harvest
Taybeh village couldn't harvest olives for the fourth year due to Israeli military zone designation.
## Trump's Christian Connection
Trump linked his support for Israel to Christianity, calling it 'for the evangelicals' in 2020.

> for the evangelicals
## Huckabee Condemns Violence
Huckabee called the attack on journalist Heidi Levine a 'dishonorable act of senseless violence' by masked cowards.

> dishonorable act of senseless violence
## Christian Disappearance
Cannon said Christians are 'disappearing from the very land where Christianity began' due to violence.

> disappearing from the very land where Christianity began
## U.S. Senate Vote
U.S. Senate voted against resolution requiring State Department report on West Bank violence against Americans.
## Trump Dismantles Sanctions
Trump dismantled Biden administration's West Bank sanctions program in January 2025.
## U.S. Condemns Violence
U.S. diplomats visited Taybeh to take 'serious action' after settler attacks.

> make promises to take serious action to protect the community
## Key takeaway

West Bank Christians warn Trump's support for Israel risks erasing their community amid settler violence.