See 18 and 22. Apparently arrests are waiting on complaints, which I hope are filed.
Maybe it was the free cheeseburgers they were handing out...
Of course, if the police acted on the scene, the object of the complaints could be apprehended. By waiting until someone complains, the police response will be, "Who did it?" The answer to which will be, "Some Jew guy."
Probably not. Reading through this thread you can get a pretty good idea of what happened. If any of these "Christian" tourists file a complaint, I would seriously doubt their credibility.
A New Testament Christian is promised persecution. They are also directed to rejoice at that persecution. These themes are repeated myriad times through the New Testament. The verses are too many to post here. Any Christian at Free Republic knows what I am talking about.
These people walked into the Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She'arim with evangelism on their mind, disregarding the cultural norms (posted even!) of the neighborhood. They were asked to stop. They didn't. They got thumped. Oh well. Drive on. All part of it.
If any of these tourists file complaintsregardless if anybody thinks the Mea She'arim community was wrongI would certainly doubt the caliber of their Christianity (and I'm being restrained).
As far as this incident annoying the wider community of Jews, that is something for the Jewish community to address, as many of the Jews at FR have done.
Like Bella Bru said, why aren't these people preaching in downtown Gaza?
"The West has given more significance to the myth of the genocide of the Jews, even more significant than God, religion, and the prophets...."Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Holocaust Chronicle ~
"Palestine is the wrong name for their State. It should be called Anarchy."FReeper sgtbono2002
"Then let's wait and see what the Arabs do after they take Gaza. There's nothing like Arab reality to break up a Jewish fantasy."FReeper Noachian
A student told his professor he was going to "Palestine" to "fight for freedom, peace and justice,"Orwellian leftist code words that mean "murder Jews."
The Nature Of Bruce ~
They won't be. The object is not to confront Israelis in courtrooms, but to share the gospel with those who will listen. True Christian missionaries are not deterred by fines, jail or beatings.