Ben Gvir: ‘Israelis spitting on Christians is an old Jewish tradition’

Ben Gvir: ‘Israelis spitting on Christians is an old Jewish tradition’

Israel's minister in charge of crime and policing, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has said it's not a crime for Israeli Jews to spit on Christians. The Jewish holiday of Sukkot saw an increase in abuses on Christians by Israelis according to Christian leaders in Jerusalem. Spitting on people of a minority religion would be considered a hate crime in most countries, but for the Israeli government it is simply 'an old Jewish tradition'.