A few days ago, I returned from Israel. It was the most demanding, productive trip since I began serving as chairman of the board of directors of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

Months ago, we were horrified by the massacre of Christians and Druze in Syria. My heart immediately broke for my Christian brothers and sisters. But as I learned more about the atrocities inflicted on the Druze, Yael Eckstein – The Fellowship’s president and global CEO – and I knew that The Fellowship was being called to walk among the ruins redemptively.

The media reports that Israel bombs Syria, but what they don’t tell us is that only Israel goes into that troubled country for the sake of pushing back terrorist forces committed to genocide. Israel and the Jewish people know what it is to be a minority, what it is to be persecuted, so it’s not surprising that they’re willing to cross borders to save Christians—who make up just 6 percent of Syria’s population—and Druze, who are only 3 percent. There are no more loyal Israelis than the Druze, who........

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