FM Katz condemns ‘ugly incident’ of spitting in Jerusalem’s Old City

By Lazar Berman

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4 February 2024, 11:40 am

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel, right, and Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, July 19, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Foreign Minister Israel Katz condemns yesterday’s spitting and verbal attack against Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel in Jerusalem’s Old City.

In a tweet, Katz calls it “another ugly incident,” and says he “utterly condemns these ugly acts against members of other faiths.”

“Under Israeli rule,” he continues, “members of all faiths enjoy total freedom of worship, as never has been the case before. In the words of the prophet: ‘My house shall be a house of prayer for all nations.'”

Schnabel says the footage of the incidents shows “a part of the reality of my life that’s rarely filmed. I’ve not sought publicity with them, as there are much more terrible things that people have to suffer here. Let’s pray for peace and reconciliation.”