Posted on 04/15/2023 7:12:09 AM PDT by euram
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III has warned of "unprecedented attacks on the Christian presence by radical Israeli groups".
At the start of the year, on Mount Zion, where Christians believe the Last Supper took place, two ultra-Orthodox teenagers were caught on security cameras desecrating graves in the Anglican cemetery.
Crosses and headstones were smashed. Israeli police later said two arrests had been made.
At the end of January, an extremist Jewish mob hurled chairs and damaged property in violent scenes at an Armenian-owned restaurant by New Gate in the Old City. There were cries of "Death to Arabs, Death to Christians".
The next month, a religious Jewish American tourist vandalised a statue of Christ with a hammer at the Church of the Flagellation on the Way of the Cross.
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It’s nothing compared to what Muzzies do to Christians.
That hardly matters. When you’re being attacked for no other reason than you’re a Christian you don’t say to yourself, “Well, Muslims might hurt us even more.”
Don’t make excuses for people harming Christians just because they are Christians. It is wrong no matter who does it.
It’s not the secular liberal Jews, but the ultra-Orthodox Jews (who are supposed to be our great conservative allies) that commit hate crimes against Israeli Christians.
Israel seems to be morphing into just another ME country.
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