Saddam’s Foreign Minister was a Christian. Assad protected Christians in Syria. Too bad about American foreign policy.
The majority (roughly 75-77%) of Christians in Israel are Arab, with major centers in Nazareth and Jerusalem where Jesus Christ walked.
Freedom of Christian Worship is allowed since Israel is dependent on US tax dollars provided by Christian taxpayers.
Challenges are many: some church leaders have expressed concern regarding actions by extremist Israeli groups. Land-grabbing settlers in particular want Christians out of Israel to take the land for themselves and other Jews.