Attack on Jerusalem graves unnerves Christians

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Isn't it ironic that Israelis smash grave sites of Protestant Christians who support Israel in great numbers world-wide?

Attack on Jerusalem graves unnerves Christians

JERUSALEM (AP) — Christian leaders in Israel are up in arms over what they say is a string of relentless attacks on church properties and religious sites — most recently the desecration of a historic Protestant cemetery where vandals toppled stone crosses from graves and bludgeoned them to pieces.

The attack in the Protestant Cemetery of Mount Zion, one of Jerusalem's most important historic graveyards, has struck a particularly sensitive nerve because some of the damaged graves belong to famous figures from the 19th and 20th centuries, a key period in Jerusalem's history. Among them are a German diplomat, the founder of an orphanage who was a significant contributor to modernizing the city, and a relative of the owners of a prominent hotel.

Though members of the clergy say interfaith relations between top religious leaders have never been stronger, and police have been more responsive to such attacks in recent years, they say attacks continue unabated. Some activists say not enough is being done to stop them.

"We are striving so hard to promote dignity and respect among the living. And here we have our dead people ... vandalized," said the Very Rev. Hosam Naoum, caretaker of the Protestant cemetery. "No human would agree with this."

Police arrested four young Israeli settlers from the West Bank last week, two of them minors, in connection with the cemetery attack, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. But Rosenfeld said the four were subsequently released without charge until further questioning...

...Naoum said his staff saw religious Jewish youths breaking into the cemetery again on Tuesday and Wednesday, though no damage was reported. Israeli media have said two of the original suspects were students at a nearby Jewish seminary known for its ultranationalist views.

Naoum said he is reporting the events to the German and British embassies, which have representatives on the cemetery administration board, as well as to the Archbishop of Canterbury

This thread is anti Semitic as it spreads bad news and the truth about Jews.

What is the bad news? some idiot jewish kids vandalized a christian cemetary and
Israeli police IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATED and arrested them----they turned
out to be juveniles. Jewish cemetaries in my town are regularly vandalized----but --fact
is I live in a rough town----very culturally diverse and the cops simply have NO TIME
for "crimes" like knocking chunks off a stone monument and grafitti on grave
Monuments. All of the synagogues in Indonesia were DEMOLISHED ---anyone
arrested? was the matter even investigated? do you care?

You might know that jews place a little---metal thing holding some writing in
it----on their doorposts I don't anymore-----because people you like rip them off.
Some people have devised ways to make them SO LOCKED up-----in safe like
structures carved into the wood---to keep people like your colleagues from
defacing them. I don't----not all that excited about the problem---I just
avoid it. I have never heard of anyone telling the cops about it .
I never did. They wouldn't care. It is far too commonplace

I have a project for you. There is a very important jewish shrine in Iraq. ---
It is the tomb of EZEKIEL a writer of morbid surrealistic poetry-----and
called a PROPHET Your boys decided to simply take it over---knock of the
inscrptions carved in stone-----that have been there for some 2500
years -----and cover it up with the desert garble crap----arabic.
Now they call it a "MUSLIM SHRINE"

Is that not heartbreaking-----for all lovers ancient artifacts ? ----get your boys
in Iraq to fix up their GROSS VANDALISM Remember ---so many muslims
SCREAMED IN HORROR when the Buddhist statuary in Afghanistan was bombed--
THERE WAS SOBBING IN MOSQUES THRUOUT THE WORLD ----everyone objected --
right??? Why put the ummah thru that agony again----remember the agony?

I despise vandalism of religious objects I was damned annoyed when I came
home and found my Mezuzah ripped off and smashed and left in bits on the
ground. No reason---just nastiness. So much of it in the world . In
my town -----there was ---several years ago---an EPIDEMIC of vandalism
against white plaster figures of MARY ---that catholics like to place in their
gardens-----well---in my town the gardeners are Italian catholic----since that
time----Anyone who looks "muslim" stays clear of that part of town

all the kids who engage in this kind of petty nasty vandalism should spend
some time LOCKED UP. Adults who so engage should spend a lot more
time.

About those synagogues in Indonesia-----just get your government to fund a few
ELSEWHERE. ----most of all----speak to all muslims you know about doing
something about the Buddhist art in Afghanistan. THAT was a real tragedy--
----they DROPPED BOMBS in that attack ----no petty-ante stuff
for the NOBLE JIHADISTS.

As usual your distortion of the facts and truth is your badge of honor, only two were minors, and all released without charges...

"...Police arrested four young Israeli settlers from the West Bank last week, two of them minors, in connection with the cemetery attack, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. But Rosenfeld said the four were subsequently released without charge until further questioning..."