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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:18 pm

Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them
By Amiram Barkat

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.

Former adviser to the mayor on Christian affairs, Shmuel Evyatar, describes the situation as "a huge disgrace." He says most of the instigators are yeshiva students studying in the Old City who view the Christian religion with disdain.

"I'm sure the phenomenon would end as soon as rabbis and well-known educators denounce it. In practice, rabbis of yeshivas ignore or even encourage it," he says.

Evyatar says he himself was spat at while walking with a Serbian bishop in the Jewish quarter, near his home. "A group of yeshiva students spat at us and their teacher just stood by and watched."

Jerusalem municipal officials said they are aware of the problem but it has to be dealt with by the police. Shmuel Ben-Ruby, the police spokesman, said they had only two complaints from Christians in the past two years. He said that, in both cases, the culprits were caught and punished.

He said the police deploy an inordinately high number of patrols and special technology in the Old City and its surroundings in an attempt to keep order.
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Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:25 pm

"My god is bigger than your god.... so ner ner nee ner ner :Erasb: "

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Post by Hermit » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:57 am

Once the various christian sects will stop punching the fuck out of each other, their request not to be spat on might just seem a lot more reasonable.
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Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:05 am

There's a lesson here. If you're planning to travel to Israel anytime in the near future...



...carry a handheld taser.
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Post by Pappa » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:31 am

Horwood Beer-Master wrote:There's a lesson here. If you're planning to travel to Israel anytime in the near future...



...carry a handheld taser Heckler and Koch MP5, a couple of Colt 45s and a really big knife.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:15 am

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Horwood Beer-Master wrote:There's a lesson here. If you're planning to travel to Israel anytime in the near future...



...carry a handheld taser Heckler and Koch MP5, a couple of Colt 45s and a really big knife.
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Post by The Dawktor » Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:47 am

Horwood Beer-Master wrote:There's a lesson here. If you're planning to travel to Israel anytime in the near future...



...don't bother- it's shit!

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Post by Animavore » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:23 am

Matbe we should spit in the face of those other atheists. Y'know, the weak ones that think us strong ones are just being mean.

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Post by The Dawktor » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:09 pm

Animavore wrote:Matbe we should spit in the face of those other atheists. Y'know, the weak ones that think us strong ones are just being mean.

That'll show them.
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:28 pm

Jews, christians, muslims - why don't we just exterminate the fucking lot of the stupid cunts and be done with it? :pissed:
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:31 pm

Major Eyeswater wrote:Jews, christians, muslims - why don't we just exterminate the fucking lot of the stupid cunts and be done with it? :pissed:
I've got no time for any of these daft cocksuckers any more.
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:34 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Major Eyeswater wrote:Jews, christians, muslims - why don't we just exterminate the fucking lot of the stupid cunts and be done with it? :pissed:
I've got no time for any of these daft cocksuckers any more.
About time we heard the voice of reason in this thread! :tup:
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