Palestinian Christians, religious leaders, monks, priests, and those who make pilgrimages to Jerusalem complained of being subjected to fierce attacks by Israeli settlers specifically during their holidays in the city of Jerusalem.
Several videos went viral on social media show a group of Israeli settlers spitting on a group of Christian worshipers for no apparent reason while they were celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Old city of Jerusalem.
Coordinator of the World Church Council in Jerusalem, Youssef Daher, told WAFA that Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem have been subjected to regular attacks in the past two years, specifically under the current Israeli government.
He pointed out that officials in the church are not satisfied because there world doesn’t intervene to stop such attacks against Christians, the latest of which when the Holy Monastery of the Praetorium was attacked by settlers six months ago.
Daher added that Israeli settlers spat on the face of a priest from the Armenian community in the city of Jerusalem in one year.
He confirmed that officials in church filed 12 statements protesting such violations and attacks at the end of 2021.
