US EditionChurch Leaders, Diplomats, Condemn Israeli Settler Violence in West Bank
- Top church leaders and diplomats called for accountability from Israeli settlers during their visit to Taybeh in the West Bank amid escalating violence against Palestinians.
- Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III and Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa condemned settlers for setting fires near a church and criticized the lack of response from Israeli authorities.
- The patriarchs demanded an investigation and accountability, noting that settlers have harmed Palestinians by grazing cattle on their lands and destroying homes.
- Pizzaballa stated that the West Bank is becoming lawless and emphasized the need for the law to protect rights in the region.
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The highest authorities in the Holy Land said today that Israeli authorities are "facilitating and enabling" the presence of Israeli settlers who have stepped up attacks in recent weeks on the only remaining entirely Christian Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli settler attacks are increasing in the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were killed in the village of Sinjil on Saturday, 12 July. Not far from there, in the only fully Christian village in the West Bank, Taybeh, violence also became regular. On 7 July, Israeli settlers set fire to a hill with houses. The flames stopped in the immediate vicinity of a 5th century church. Faced with this upsurge of violence, diplomats and high represent…
The main religious leaders in the Holy Land condemned the violence of Israeli settlers is against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Settlers committing war crimes against Palestinians under the protection of the Tel Aviv regime - Workers Revolutionary Party
FORMER Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says settlers have been committing ‘war crimes’ against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank under the protection of the Tel Aviv regime. Speaking on Israel’s Channel 13 on Saturday, Olmert said ‘hilltop youth’ or ‘youths of horror’ assault Palestinians, run them off their lands and torch their homes, on a daily basis. ‘In the West Bank, war crimes are occurring daily. Jews are murdering Palestinians. …
Holy Land Leaders Call for Action Over Attacks on West Bank Christians - The Living Church
The Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Rev. Hosam Naoum, joined other senior Christian leaders in the Holy Land July 14 in a solidarity visit to Taybeh in the West Bank. The visit by the patriarchs and heads of churches follows increasing attacks on the Christian population in the village by radical Israeli settlers. On July 8, settlers started fires in and around a Christian cemetery and set fire to the fifth-century Church of Saint Geo…
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