Written by Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information
“Whatever you did to the least of these, you did to me.”
— Yeshua (Matthew 25:40)
Beloved, let us gather today not in celebration, but in defiance. Not in comfort, but in clarity. For on this Easter, while sermons fill stained-glass cathedrals and choirs rise in harmony, the homeland of Yeshua lies in ashes. Gaza is burning. Bethlehem is besieged. The land that gave birth to the Prince of Peace is being crucified once more—this time not by Roman spears, but by drones, phosphorous, and bipartisan indifference.
And so I ask you: what gospel do we preach when the holy land is bleeding and the church is silent? What kind of resurrection do we proclaim if it does not include the people of Palestine rising from under the rubble?
Yeshua Was Not a Settler
Let the record show: Jesus was a colonized man. A poor, brown-skinned Palestinian Jew. Born under occupation. Raised among the oppressed. Hunted by the state. Executed for defying empire. He was not the clean-shaven mascot of Christian nationalism. He was a rebel. A threat. A revolutionary who walked with the poor, stood with the outcasts, flipped the tables of the corrupt, and called the rulers of his day whitewashed tombs.
And yet today, the empire that once nailed him to wood now claims his name while funding the bombs that fall on Gaza. Forty thousand dead. Churches flattened. Priests buried in pews. And what do we hear from the pulpits of the West? Thoughts. Prayers. Crickets.
Rome Lives in Washington
Do not be deceived. The crucifixion did not end with Golgotha. Empire evolves. Where once it wore Roman sandals, now it dons American flags and Israeli uniforms. This is not war. It is calculated genocide, funded by the very nation that drapes itself in crosses every April.
This is what technofascism looks like: satellite-guided missiles, algorithmically generated kill lists, surveillance apps that track resistance like Judas tracked Jesus. It is empire in 4K, livestreamed for global approval, cloaked in buzzwords like “defense” and “self-determination” while the occupied are left without food, without power, without hope.
We are told to choose sides. We have. We choose the side of the crucified, not the crucifiers.
The Church of Empire Is Not the Church of Christ
So I say to the pastors and priests, to the bishops and televangelists: if your gospel cannot make room for a suffering Palestine, then your gospel is a lie. If your Christ is indifferent to occupation, then your Christ is a golden calf molded in the image of Caesar.
Yeshua said, “I was hungry and you gave me nothing. I was in prison and you didn’t visit me. I was a Palestinian child beneath rubble, and you did not speak my name.” If you remain silent, if you bless the bombs, if you side with the oppressor in the name of God, then you are not followers of Jesus—you are chaplains of empire.
Resurrection as Rebellion
But here is the good news, comrades: the tomb is still empty. And that means empire never gets the final word. Resurrection was never just about a man rising from the grave—it was a declaration that the oppressed will rise, the poor will inherit, and every empire will fall.
So if you believe in resurrection, then rise. Rise against the siege. Rise against the lie. Rise with Palestine. Because to follow Jesus in 2025 is to stand with the people of Gaza, the West Bank, and all occupied lands. It is to say: we will not let you kill our prophets in silence. We will not let you bury the truth beneath rubble. We will not sit quietly while the homeland of Yeshua is turned into a graveyard.
Let this Easter be not a ritual, but a rebellion. Let our churches become sanctuaries of solidarity. Let our voices be as loud as the bombs they drop. And let our witness be clear: the resurrection is a call to resistance. Not someday. But now.
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