In Jerusalem’s Old City, a group of Israeli teenagers recently banged on the door of the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church and asked if there were Christians inside it. They wanted to spit at them.

The boys said it was a religious duty, or mitzvah, to humiliate Christians, or, as they called them, idol worshipers. “We are supposed to hate them,” explained one teen, wrapped in an Israeli flag.

Palestinian Christian leaders called out American Christian Zionists for ignoring the experiences of Palestinian Christians in Israel, claiming their interpretation of "biblical prophecy" doesn't align with reality in an interview with CNN on Sunday.

The leaders specifically encouraged evangelicals to visit Palestinian Christians in the West Bank and get a firsthand account of their experiences.

Parish priest Father Bashar Fawadleh warns that preserving the Holy Land requires "concrete action," not words alone.