Posted on 01/30/2023 6:35:52 PM PST by marshmallow
The incident followed days of deadly attacks in the West Bank and Gaza, with growing concern over violence in the Holy City
Following a rampage of a radical Jewish gang in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on the evening of Jan. 26, the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries in the Holy Land called on political and religious authorities to bring civil and religious life in Jerusalem back to "greater serenity.
"This is only the latest in a series of episodes of religious violence that is affecting the symbols of the Christian community and beyond," they said in their Jan. 27 statement. "We condemn such attacks and express our concern for the escalation of violence in the Holy City."
The incident took place as Jerusalem spiraled into a weekend of violence when seven Israelis were killed on Jan. 27 at a synagogue after prayers and another shooting the next day left two Israelis injured just outside of the Old City in the Palestinian village of Silwan. This village is where Jewish settlers have established themselves and an archaeological site.
The shootings followed days of violence in the West Bank and Gaza, including the killing of nine Palestinians in an Israel raid on Jan. 25 in the Jenin refugee camp. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the raid was needed to foil an imminent terrorist attack and all those killed were part of an Islamic Jihad Terror cell. However, Palestinians say civilians also were killed in the attack.
The incident in the Christian Quarter took place around 10:30 p.m. when a large group of supporters of extremist settler leader Baruch Marzel, who has been banned from running for political office due to incitement, attempted to enter Jerusalem’s Old City through the Damascus Gate into the Muslim Quarter.
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“radical Jewish gang”
What??? Jewish gangs?
First we had Amish gangs:
https://amishamerica.com/amish_gang_memb/
Now Jewish gangs? Really?
This is getting out of hand. Stop before you destroy the world.
The last time I checked, there are also gangs of mooselimbs.
There are radical Jewish groups in Israel. They are very few in number, so can’t be used to condemn all Jews, leave alone all Israeli Jews.
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