Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem Appeals to U.S. for Humanitarian Medical Corridor to Evacuate Gaza Patientstranslated

The Christian presence in the Holy Places, the medical evacuation of patients from Gaza, and the property rights of the Churches were central to the meeting held yesterday, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, between His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. Reporting by ope.gr

Following contacts held a month ago in Washington and the White House with President Donald Trump, the American diplomat’s visit to the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem serves to affirm interest in the Christian presence, which at a critical global