Jerusalem Christians say they're under attack – will Israel help?

Christians in Jerusalem are reporting more acts of vandalism and spitting. What are Israeli officials doing about it?

By I. H. MINTZ

Are Christians in Jerusalem living under acts of violence and vandalism? (Illustrative)   (photo credit: I. H. Mintz)

Brother Alberto Pari has been spat on and taunted as he walks on the streets in Jerusalem.

“Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned,” youngsters have jeered.

When he first arrived in Jerusalem in 2007, he didn’t experience such behavior; but once he attained brotherhood after a year of study, he donned a traditional long

Palestinos vandalizan la Tumba de José en Judea y Samaria

Enlace Judío – Alborotadores palestinos vandalizaron la Tumba de José en Nablus, uno de los lugares más sagrados de la religión judía, en un ataque perpetrado antes del amanecer del domingo, informó The Times of Israel.

Alrededor de 100 palestinos destrozaron la lápida y prendieron fuego a las habitaciones del santuario.

El primer ministro, Naftali Bennett, condenó el vandalismo durante la reunión semanal del gabinete. “Durante la noche los palestinos destruyeron la Tumba de José. Decenas de alborotadores palestinos simplemente violaron un lugar sagrado para nosotros, los judíos. Rompieron la lápida de la tumba, prendieron fuego a las habitaciones del recinto; vi las imágenes y quedé impactado”, enfatizó.

“No toleraremos semejante ataque a un lugar que es sagrado para nosotros, en la víspera de Pésaj y llegaremos a los amotinados”, dijo. “Y, por supuesto, nos

Jerusalem church leaders: ‘Radical’ Israeli groups driving Christians from Holy Land

Guardian of Christian holy places laments ‘unchecked, unpunished’ attacks, as archbishops blame Israeli settlers and security barrier; accusations draw protest from British Jews.

By STUART WINER

Illustrative: A priest checks the damage after a man poured out flammable liquid inside the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane, in East Jerusalem, on December 4, 2020. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Christian leaders in the Holy Land have warned that their communities are under threat of being driven from the region by extremist Israeli radical groups, and called for dialogue on preserving their presence.

Fr. Francesco Patton, the Catholic Church’s Custos of the Holy Land and guardian of the Christian holy places in the Holy Land, wrote in an opinion piece published Saturday by the UK’s Daily Telegraph that “our presence is precarious and our

What to do after ‘slaughter the Jews’ is spray-painted in Arabic on part of the Western Wall?

“Jerusalem is a place where we sanctify freedom of worship,” said Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum Hassan-Nahoum. “It is unbelievable that young Arabs are still being brainwashed by their school’s educators and surroundings to commit these acts of vandalism.”

BY ELIANA RUDEE

A view of the graffiti covered up on the Kotel HaKatan, July 2019. Credit: Jerusalem Police.

(July 22, 2019 / JNS) A young Arab girl and her older teenage sister spray-painted the words “slaughter the Jews” in Arabic on Friday on the Kotel HaKatan (“little wall” in Hebrew), a portion of the Western Wall on the Temple Mount about 650 feet south of the Western Wall Plaza and next to the Iron Gate entrance to the Old City.