Netanyahu spoke out in defense of religious freedom after a group of extremist Jews was filmed spitting on alleged Christian missionaries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out Tuesday in defense of Christians and freedom of worship in Jerusalem, after a group of extremist Jews was filmed spitting on alleged Christian missionaries in the city.
“Israel is totally committed to safeguard the sacred right of worship and pilgrimage to the holy sites of all faiths,” he wrote on his official account on Twitter/X. “I strongly condemn any attempt to intimidate worshippers, and I am committed to taking immediate and decisive action against it.”Orthodox Jews are filmed spitting at Christian tourists in the Old City of Jerusalem in the latest incident of harassment targeting the religious minority.
Many Jews oppose Christian missionary activity in Jerusalem, because of its association in past centuries with antisemitism. A group of Orthodox Jewspeacefully Tuesday outside a Christian event, the Feast of Tabernacles, that they accused of engaging in efforts to convert Jews.on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET . He is the author of the new biography,Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S.
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