Young evangelicals visiting Israel: 'We should not stay silent'

(JNS) - For Oklahoma native Hayden Jones, antisemitism and visceral hate struck him head-on when, while walking from the House of Representatives to the Senate at the U.S. Capitol, he was spat on for wearing a yellow ribbon in solidarity with the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.

The 22-year-old had grown up in a strongly pro-Israel home and later studied at a private Christian university in Tulsa and so had been largely sheltered from the surge of often violent demonstrations that swept many U.S. campuses following the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, 2023. The incident was an eye-opener...