‘Leave or we’ll kill you’: Settler’s warn Palestinians, Ben Gvir Harasses Hostages, and Kristof is Right
<p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary" href="https://bit.ly/Crux-Community"><span>JOIN FOR $8/YEAR</span></a></p><div class="youtube-wrap" id="youtube2-0krRMS_ObCU"><div class="youtube-inner"></div></div><div class="pullquote"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own and do not represent those of my employer, any affiliated organization, or any institution with which I am associated.</strong></em></p></div><p>Traditional media in United States has not done much at all to name what is happening in Palestine, Israel and the West Bank as occupation, genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, settler colonialism and all that is atrocious and grotesque about what is taking place there. But this past week three outlets that have cradled Zionist and Christian Zionist propaganda and delivered it in heavy doses to the American public published materials that did a bit of the opposite. </p><div><hr /></div><div class="digest-post-embed"></div><blockquote><p><em><strong>A NOTE ABOUT MY WORK</strong>: I am leaving my full-time job with InterVarsity USA and with that change, paid subscribers become much more important. I love to write and the DREAM would be for this to be a full-time occupation. If you’d like to make that more possible, please become a paid subscriber. My new work will be with<a href="https://bit.ly/Support-CBR-ArochaUSA"> AROCHA USA // Center for Beauty and Resistance</a>. If you <a href="https://bit.ly/Support-CBR-ArochaUSA">DONATE</a> you will be made a founding member here. Thanks for your prayers, support and generosity.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary" href="https://thecrux.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></blockquote><div><hr /></div><div class="youtube-wrap" id="youtube2-Gy0rJ184v5Y"><div class="youtube-inner"></div></div><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html">Nicholas Kristof told the truth about rape and abuse in Israeli prisons.</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkJ3hNergOM">Reuters</a> posted a short and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXGabQN3RbU">CBS</a> a brief segment on their morning show. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0krRMS_ObCU">ABC NEWS</a> posted a video interviewing Americans from Texas who have relocated to Israel/Palestine openly beholden to Christian Zionism and advocating for genocide and “re-education” of all Muslims. She called Islam a “cancer”. <strong>Lord have mercy.</strong> </p><p>Sadly, the reality of the reaction to the coverage is that opponents are more angry about the exposure of abuse and violence than the atrocities themselves. There is the standard, “that’s one person, not all of us” argument along with the inability to hold two things as true as the same time. </p><blockquote><p><strong>We must condemn anti-Jewish violence and anti-Palestinian violence and affirm the worth and dignity of all people in word and deed with whatever power and influence we have.</strong> </p></blockquote><p>As I saw these videos, I thought of what I wrote earlier this week <a href="https://thecrux.substack.com/p/climate-justice-work-as-prayer-and">about climate change</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZRT5q1DuMg&t=19s">this sermon by Sunder Krishnan</a> on prayer and the<a href="https://www.jonathan-walton.com/events-1/2026/5/23/basileia-intervarsity-nynj-spring-conference-closed-event"> upcoming five sermons</a> I need to preach. The practice of truth-telling may not transform the hearts of those who hear it, but it protects the integrity of the one who speaks it. And every time we say what is real, we steel ourselves against indifference to suffering, our own complicity, and the need for justice and reconciliation. </p><p>The truth is is that, even if nothing changes we must keep telling the truth. That is what it means to be faithful. And we must redefine success – not just as the achievement of an outcome but the steadfast posture and unrelenting pursuit of all that is good, just, loving and true. </p><div><hr /></div><blockquote><p><em>Times are changing! If you value my work and desire for it to continue and even GROW, please become a paid subscriber!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://thecrux.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></blockquote><div><hr /></div><p><strong>Let me know what you think! 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