Tweet
Holy Land church leaders say clergy mistreated
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020972482_apmlisraelchristians.html?syndication=r ss
Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 10:48 AM
A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli police
"ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric, during
Orthodox Easter services.
This reminds me of the article from Ha'aretz several years ago
entitled "Christian... (May 13, 2013, by USmotto)
JERUSALEM - A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli
police "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric,
during Orthodox Easter services.
The leaders signed a letter on Sunday expressing concern and saying
policemen allegedly used force and prevented clergymen and pilgrims
from entering places of worship during Holy Saturday earlier this
month.
The event drew thousands of people to Jerusalem's Old City and
hundreds of Israeli police were on guard during the day.
A spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, Paul Hirschson, says Israel
apologized this week to Egypt for the incident on Holy Saturday, which
involved a Coptic Egyptian cleric. He said the incident was being
investigated.
Israeli police said they received no formal complaint about the incident.
From: Baghdasarian
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020972482_apmlisraelchristians.html?syndication=r ss
Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 10:48 AM
A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli police
"ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric, during
Orthodox Easter services.
This reminds me of the article from Ha'aretz several years ago
entitled "Christian... (May 13, 2013, by USmotto)
JERUSALEM - A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli
police "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric,
during Orthodox Easter services.
The leaders signed a letter on Sunday expressing concern and saying
policemen allegedly used force and prevented clergymen and pilgrims
from entering places of worship during Holy Saturday earlier this
month.
The event drew thousands of people to Jerusalem's Old City and
hundreds of Israeli police were on guard during the day.
A spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, Paul Hirschson, says Israel
apologized this week to Egypt for the incident on Holy Saturday, which
involved a Coptic Egyptian cleric. He said the incident was being
investigated.
Israeli police said they received no formal complaint about the incident.
From: Baghdasarian