Reverend Amir Tharwat, pastor of the Evangelical Church in al-Faggala, Cairo, said on Tuesday that Christians in Egypt do not believe that Israel has a right to be called “the Promised Land”. Tharwat added that Judaism is not inherently a closed religion, but has been transformed into one. He pointed out that the Book of Joshua is present in the Christian Bible, and that there is a significant time gap of 3,500 years between Netanyahu and Joshua. Tharwat explained that Joshua was waging a war of extermination against his enemies, and that declaring victory meant the annihilation of the other people, as was the nature of the times. “There are atheist Zionists, and their number is significant,” he noted.

Source: Egypt Independent December 24, 2025 10:17 UTC