Video shows religious terrorists hurling rocks at wall of Old City compound and screaming at elderly Armenian woman ‘Get back inside you daughter of a whore.’
Israel National News
Six religious Jews — five minors and one adult — were arrested Sunday after violently assaulting Christians and a Christian church, St. James Monastery, in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter, police said.
The six also threw stones at the wall of the compound, which is the headquarters of the Armenian Church in the region and the home of its top local cleric.
According to one witness, the suspects saw an elderly Armenian woman filming them and yelled at her ‘Get back inside, daughter of a whore.’
Video of the incident also showed the suspects hurling stones at the elderly woman filming them.
‘Upon receiving the report, officers from the David Precinct were dispatched to the scene and launched extensive searches, assisted by Mabat 2000 observation center officers,’ the Israel Police said in a statement.
Three of the attackers were barred from the Old City for 15 days.
‘The Israel Police views all manifestations of violence and racism with the ‘utmost severity and will continue to act decisively to locate those responsible, bring them to justice, and safeguard public safety,’ police said.
Israel has been ‘struggling’ to stop spitting attacks on Christian clergy and vandalism of church property in the Old City.
In April, after a series of similar incidents, the Foreign Ministry appointed veteran diplomat George Deek to a newly created role of ‘special envoy to the Christian world’.
Speaking to Fox News on Saturday, President Isaac Herzog said Israel was ‘dealing with’ attacks on Christians ‘aggressively.’
‘And there’s a major reduction in friction,’ he continued. ‘We are dealing with it as well. And I’m here for any Christian community that needs support of any kind. People know it. And I speak to their leaders all the time.’
On Sunday, the afternoon following the violent incident, Israel’s official X account posted a tribute to its ‘living Christian tradition that spans centuries,’ sharing two photos of the Latrun Abbey monastery in the Judean Hills.