The attacks are part of a larger pattern that began earlier this year, most recently at an Evangelical Pentecost event in May, where several Orthodox Jewish activists - including a prominent rabbi and the deputy mayor of Jerusalem - took part in a protest that eventually turned violent, with several of the protesters hurling insults at Christians gathered in the area and others spitting on them.Īmong those who participated in the protest were ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Zyi Thau, the spiritual leader of the Noam Party, and Arieh King, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, who equated Christian missionary activity with radical Islamic terrorism. In response to this apparent trend, Israeli researcher and interfaith activist Yisca Harani joined with others to launch the Religious Freedom Data Center hotline, which, with the “blessing of the heads of the churches in Jerusalem,” seeks to document “recurrent acts of violence” toward Christian clergy and pilgrims. have become favorite targets for Jews to spit on,” according to a Jerusalem Post report last month. It’s not just people that Jews are spitting on: Christian buildings, priests’ clothing and “crosses hanging from the chest of monks. "I hear so many times people telling me, asking why do you stay here, go back to your country. Pointing to the recent desecration of a Lutheran cemetery and the spray-painting of the message “death to Christians” on Armenian church property in the matter of just a few weeks, Patton said, “those who have power” are helping to create a hostile environment for Christians. ?, ?, ?, “?” ?… /pBICUlRXFI- Yossi Eli ? June 25, 2023įather Francesco Patton, who serves as the Vatican's custodian of the Holy Land, told Channel 13 News that Israeli politicians are at least partly responsible for rising anti-Christian sentiment as "political language became more violent.” The full investigation, the truth? "Priest for a Day" was very difficult to digest.” Just think what the reaction of those Jews would have been if a Christian had spat on them in Europe.
“Young extremists, children, and most sadly soldiers, the ‘salt of the earth’ express their hatred towards Christianity. Our investigation proved that the attacks are really not from the mentally ill, but people with a clear opinion who simply hate something they are not. He tweeted a video of the incident with the following caption: “The justification of some Jewish groups for hate crimes is that they are 'mentally ill.' so no. Moments later, they were spat on first by an 8-year-old child and then by a soldier while passing by several troops.Įli later clarified that in his opinion, the mockers were not “mentally ill” but rather wanted to “express their hatred towards Christianity.” Yossi Eli, a reporter with Israel’s Channel 13 News, said the pair were assailed “by a child and a soldier” within minutes of donning a brown priest’s robe and walking with a clergyman in the Old City, according to Haaretz.Īccording to the report, a man was heard saying mockingly in Hebrew, “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned” as the pair walked by. | Israeli journalist who disguised himself as a priest was mocked and spat upon in the Old City of Jerusalem in the latest incident of Jewish public animosity against Christians in Jerusalem. An Israeli journalist (right) disguised as a priest walks with a priest in Jerusalem.
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