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Posted on 10/06/2023 2:00:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The tourist was caught breaking Roman statues in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. On Thursday, a Jewish American tourist was arrested by Israeli police after he was caught throwing works of art on the floor at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The 40-year-old suspect defaced two ancient Roman statues from the 2nd century AD. After questioning, Israeli police say the suspect considered the statues "to be idolatrous and contrary to the Torah."
The man's lawyer Nick Kaufman denied his client as a religious fanatic and instead said the tourist was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labelled the Jerusalem syndrome. The condition — a form of disorientation believed to be induced by the religious magnetism of the city, which is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims — is said to cause foreign pilgrims to believe they are figures from the Bible.
The defendant has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Officials did not release his name due to a gag order. The prominent Israel Museum, with its exhibits of archaeology, fine arts, and Jewish art and life, described Thursday's vandalism as a “troubling and unusual event,” and said it “condemns all forms of violence and hopes such incidents will not recur.”
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Do they have a name for everything these days? I'd prefer to just say the guy's a jackass.
So he is suffering from Jerusalem syndrome? Well then that makes it okay doesn’t it? He is a victim as he suffers from that syndrome.
The Uglier “american”.
and he said to abraham, i will bless those who bless you, and i will curse those who curse you.
This is how it is with israel.
What does the Torah prescribe as punishment for being an a$$hat? Mete it out.
Find a tree and get a rope.
Or a real example of demonic possession?
I suppose that’s also a possibility.
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