At a time when Christians around the world gathered to mark Easter, worshippers in Jerusalem faced intimidation, aggression, and restriction—at the hands of Israeli forces. The Holy City, sacred to three major religions, has once again become a battleground—not just for territory, but for the basic right to exist and express faith. That this happened at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the most revered sites in Christianity, and during Easter no less, speaks volumes of the impunity with which the Israeli state operates.

Meanwhile, Pope Francis—frail but resolute—called for a ceasefire in Gaza. His words echoed a growing global cry for justice, even as Western powers continue to look the other way, offering political cover, economic support, and military aid for a genocide being live-streamed in real time. The absurdity is almost theatrical: while European capitals light candles for Easter peace, their governments fan the flames of war. This is not about conflict—it is about conquest. No amount of diplomatic whitewashing can hide what is increasingly evident: Israel, under its current regime, is not interested in coexistence. The routine desecration of Islamic, Christian, and Palestinian spaces isn’t incidental; it is a systematic dismantling of any claim to pluralism in the region. The expansionist ethos of Zionism, long warned about but rarely acknowledged in mainstream discourse, is on full display.

We are no longer in the realm of contested narratives—we are in the aftermath of deliberate silence. When Christians are harassed in Jerusalem and Muslims are massacred in Gaza, and the world’s most powerful democracies call it “defence,” it becomes painfully clear: this is not just a Middle Eastern crisis. It is a global moral collapse, and one that history will not forget—nor forgive.