Israeli persecution of Christians/Muslims/Gentiles/etc, continues

Picture above shows just a single excruciating example of an innocent, defenceless old Palestinian lady being blatantly assaulted by intolerably intolerant young extremist, supremacist Israelis, in full and close up view of completely unconcerned, uniformed IDF soldiers.

Reports by mainstream American, British and other western media rarely relate properly the revolting, abominable, inhuman actions of many ignorant, obnoxious Israelis' treatment of none Jews. Including devout God fearing Christians.

In spite, that is, of many (including ourselves), having been well aware of such shameful serial persecution of any and all those deemed Gentiles, for a long, long time. Of course the very idea of anyone daring to make any kind of accusations concerning clear cut anti-Gentile acts is seen by some as totally taboo.

Well, we aren't just "anyone". We're here today to state quite publicly that we still possess some spine.

And, were glad to say, so does our good friend Gordo over at 'appletree'.

Hence, a huge hat-tip to him for the following:

Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them

By Amiram Barkat

Click straight across to Haaretz to read the rest of this recent, internal Israeli press report relating to the sort of shocking stuff we're shouting about.

And once you've read it, if you're still set on somehow seeking to defend the damned indefensible, then please do so elsewhere. Since there are already more than enough blogs, web sites, etc, spread across the internet that are still prepared to swallow and/or to publish such shit.

But we're not one of them.

Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them

From Haaretz:

A few weeks ago, a senior Greek Orthodox clergyman in Israel attended a meeting at a government office in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul quarter. When he returned to his car, an elderly man wearing a skullcap came and knocked on the window. When the clergyman let the window down, the passerby spat in his face.

The clergyman prefered not to lodge a complaint with the police and told an acquaintance that he was used to being spat at by Jews. Many Jerusalem clergy have been subjected to abuse of this kind. For the most part, they ignore it but sometimes they cannot.

On Sunday, a fracas developed when a yeshiva student spat at the cross being carried by the Armenian Archbishop during a procession near the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. The archbishop's 17th-century cross was broken during the brawl and he slapped the yeshiva student.

Both were questioned by police and the yeshiva student will be brought to trial. The Jerusalem District Court has meanwhile banned the student from approaching the Old City for 75 days.

But the Armenians are far from satisfied by the police action and say this sort of thing has been going on for years. Archbishop Nourhan Manougian says he expects the education minister to say something.

"When there is an attack against Jews anywhere in the world, the Israeli government is incensed, so why when our religion and pride are hurt, don't they take harsher measures?" he asks.

According to Daniel Rossing, former adviser to the Religious Affairs Ministry on Christian affairs and director of a Jerusalem center for Christian-Jewish dialogue, there has been an increase in the number of such incidents recently, "as part of a general atmosphere of lack of tolerance in the country."

Rossing says there are certain common characeristics from the point of view of time and location to the incidents. He points to the fact that there are more incidents in areas where Jews and Christians mingle, such as the Jewish and Armenian quarters of the Old City and the Jaffa Gate.

There are an increased number at certain times of year, such as during the Purim holiday."I know Christians who lock themselves indoors during the entire Purim holiday," he says.

Naturally, the phenomenon of Jewish Israelis spitting on Christians is treated as a closely-guarded secret by the American media. But if it were Muslims who were spitting on Christians, you can bet that it would be covered breathlessly by media outlets all over the US.

(cross posted at appletree)