During a recent campus Q&A, a Palestinian Christian student discussed U.S.-Israel relations with Charlie Kirk, executive director of evangelical Christian activist group Turning Point USA. Kirk asked the student at one point: “As me as a Christian, do you think it would be safe for me to walk the streets of Bethlehem without armed guards?” When the student confidently answered yes, Kirk rolled his eyes in disbelief.
That moment wasn’t just factually dubious — it was revealing. Kirk’s unspoken suggestion was that Palestinian Muslims are inherently hostile to Christians, ignoring the student’s affirmation — and the reality in Bethlehem — that, in the very town where Jesus was born, Christians continue to worship freely and have maintained an unbroken presence for two millennia. Suggesting otherwise, Kirk exposed a worldview shaped by fear and ideology.
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