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Monday, August 10, 2015
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Israel not tackling anti-Christian violence, says Vatican official
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Vatican official in Israel urges the government to take more stringent measures against Jewish extremists Monday, following a spate of verbal and physical attacks on Christian targets in recent months.
Wadiya Abu Nasser, a top adviser to the Catholic Church in Israel, urges Israeli authorities to clamp down on anti-Christian action and prevent further attacks.
“A red line has been crossed. Not only is property damaged, but now people too. Christian men of faith are spat on in Jerusalem,” Nasser tells Army Radio.
“I hope that the government and relevant authorities deal with these phenomena in a meaningful way. They may be just a handful of [attackers], but we aren’t seeing any effective [measures against] them,” he says.
— Avi Lewis
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