by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
Israeli Jews and their children were filmed spitting on Christian pilgrims carrying a cross at Jerusalem’s Lion Gate in video going viral on social media.
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From The Middle East Eye, “Israel: Spitting on Christians in Jerusalem ‘not criminal’, says Ben Gvir”:
Israelis were spotted spitting in the direction of Christians in occupied East Jerusalem again on Wednesday, days after similar attacks, defended by the national security minister as “not criminal”, led to widespread condemnation.
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Israelis spit at Christian pilgrims at Jerusalem’s Lion Gate. pic.twitter.com/fQPguCLwjx
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According to Al Araby TV, the latest incidents targeted Christian clergy in the Old City, where thousands of Israelis are participating in marches marking the week-long Sukkot holiday.
Israeli police said it has detained at least four people involved in the spitting incidents. A fifth person was detained for suspected spitting at Christians on Monday.
However, Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, who oversees the police, said in an interview with Army Radio that spitting at Christians was “not a criminal case” and that not everything “justifies an arrest”.
He said the incidents were “deserving of every condemnation” but urged people to “stop slandering Israel”.
Ben Gvir had previously defended the act of spitting on Christians as “an ancient Jewish custom”.
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