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Christian town in west bank attacked and burned

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smallglassbottle · 09/07/2025 19:24

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLsIanHxtrC/?igsh=MXZsMnlvM2Fxa3Iycw==

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265035/priest-warns-christian-town-of-taybe-in-holy-land-no-longer-safe-amid-settler-attacks

https://www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk/taybeh

I'm an Orthodox Christian. It has just occurred to me that we might lose all of our sacred places in the Holy Land if this hostility by israel continues.

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Twiglets1 · 10/07/2025 17:53

SharonEllis · 10/07/2025 16:40

I also note that supporting Israel and Israelis in their fight against Hamas and all those other extremists determined to destroy them does not equate to supporting Netanyahu's government. Again, somethimg many of us have said many times.

Agreed and I also agree with your earlier comment that it's very rare to see anyone supporting settler violence on MN.

In fact I don't know that I've ever seen that, but I have seen many Israel supporters such as myself & others condemn settler violence.

Most Israel supporters just want Hamas out of Gaza and the hostages back.

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smallglassbottle · 10/07/2025 17:52

justasking111 · 10/07/2025 17:32

Netanyahu's government appear to want only their own people to live and perhaps even visit Israel. It's becoming a closed country under this regime.

This is what I'm wondering. I wonder how valuable the tourist/pilgrimage income is to their economy.

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justasking111 · 10/07/2025 17:32

Netanyahu's government appear to want only their own people to live and perhaps even visit Israel. It's becoming a closed country under this regime.

PuttingOnTheKitsch · 10/07/2025 17:07

Further to the OP, in May the largest expansion of Israeli settlements in decades was announced. This means events like those in the OP, will only become more common:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j5954edlno

Even children are not safe from the violence of settlers. They attacked a primary school last year:

www.instagram.com/reel/DA84xJ0BBqV/?igsh=N3JmN2o0ajNweXJx

SharonEllis · 10/07/2025 16:40

I also note that supporting Israel and Israelis in their fight against Hamas and all those other extremists determined to destroy them does not equate to supporting Netanyahu's government. Again, somethimg many of us have said many times.

SharonEllis · 10/07/2025 16:38

Noted that the poster herself believes that her explanation of the 'hasbara orchestra' would contravene talk guidelines.

PuttingOnTheKitsch · 10/07/2025 16:23

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SharonEllis · 10/07/2025 15:17

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What is the hasbara orchestra?

Its very rare to see people supporting settler violence on MN. Many of us have condemned it. We've also had previous discussions about violence against Palestinian Christians. Many of us have also condemned those who only seem to care about violence against Christians when it is perpetrated by extremist Jews but don't seem to be so vociferous about dreadful anti christian persecution in other parts of the world or conducted by other people.

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BibiSuzanne · 10/07/2025 15:09

mids2019 · 10/07/2025 06:49

The attack is wrong but surely the point of then post was to try and undermine support for Israel and Christians are a very small minority amongst Palestinians and within the West bank and as a have more to worry about with Islamist oppressio.

The reality is that Israel is backed by a strongly Christian country, the US so I really do not see some agenda against Christians. Also the narrative of bad Jews attacking good Christians was a narrative used to pretty horrible effect by a certain German party in the past........

It’s you again and I said I wouldn’t engage. I am a Christian Palestinian. We do not fear the Muslims. We do not see them as Muslims. They don’t see us as Christians. We are Palestinians. Full stop.

BibiSuzanne · 10/07/2025 15:06

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BibiSuzanne · 10/07/2025 15:04

Coolpotatoface · 09/07/2025 19:53

No coverage in western media. It’s simply Christianophobia. Let’s called it out for what it really is. Jewish settlers attacking Christian residents.

I’m a Palestinian Christian. It is not
Christianophobia ( nor Islamophobia as many predominantly Muslim villages and towns are being destroyed). It is simply ‘Palestinophobia’. It is the pure fact that we exist and have existed on that land that frightens them.

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smallglassbottle · 10/07/2025 10:28

Apparently they've been targeting churches from day one. Positioning snipers outside them to shoot people as they leave.

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221362655/a-gaza-patriarchate-says-israeli-troops-killed-2-women-and-injured-7-others-at-p#:~:text=Transcript-,Holy%20Family%20Parish%20in%20northern%20Gaza%20says%20two%20women%20sheltering,Palestinian%20Christian%20community%20in%20Gaza

I didn't know this. My son sent this link to me.

Church leaders say Israeli troops killed 2 women and injured 7 others at parish

Holy Family Parish in northern Gaza says two women sheltering there were killed by an Israeli sniper. The two churches in Gaza have been under siege since the beginning of the war.

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221362655/a-gaza-patriarchate-says-israeli-troops-killed-2-women-and-injured-7-others-at-p#:~:text=Transcript-,Holy%20Family%20Parish%20in%20northern%20Gaza%20says%20two%20women%20sheltering,Palestinian%20Christian%20community%20in%20Gaza

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Coolpotatoface · 10/07/2025 10:06

mids2019 · 10/07/2025 06:49

The attack is wrong but surely the point of then post was to try and undermine support for Israel and Christians are a very small minority amongst Palestinians and within the West bank and as a have more to worry about with Islamist oppressio.

The reality is that Israel is backed by a strongly Christian country, the US so I really do not see some agenda against Christians. Also the narrative of bad Jews attacking good Christians was a narrative used to pretty horrible effect by a certain German party in the past........

And some Jewish people are still attacking Christians nearly 90 years later… hence the post.

NotrialNodeal · 10/07/2025 09:54

@mids2019 you said "The attack is wrong but surely the point of then post was to try and undermine support for Israel"

Please can you demonstrate at which point in this thread you understood the point to be about undermining support for Isreal?

Personally I can't see anything that would support your statement. The OP, as a Christian is understandably upset for their fellow Christians and was highlighting the issue. As a Christian myself I share in the horror. But I'm also concerned about innocent Jewish and Islamic people caught up in it all. My heart hurts for them all.

Katiesaidthat · 10/07/2025 09:31

mids2019 · 10/07/2025 06:49

The attack is wrong but surely the point of then post was to try and undermine support for Israel and Christians are a very small minority amongst Palestinians and within the West bank and as a have more to worry about with Islamist oppressio.

The reality is that Israel is backed by a strongly Christian country, the US so I really do not see some agenda against Christians. Also the narrative of bad Jews attacking good Christians was a narrative used to pretty horrible effect by a certain German party in the past........

Oh and just to add, you comparing us Christians denouncing or commenting what has gone on in this village as "being like hitler" is disgusting and a vile exercise in gaslighting. Yuk.

Katiesaidthat · 10/07/2025 09:24

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Thelmaandloulou · 10/07/2025 09:08

smallglassbottle · 10/07/2025 09:04

This is disgusting and offensive towards those Christians who are under attack from both islamists and israelis across the region. I am a Christian and I have legitimate concerns regarding this problem and to compare this to what happened in Germany with a 'certain party' is a far reach indeed.

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I was dismayed to read this comment too. You have legitimate concerns that should not be dismissed because of who the perpetrators are.

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smallglassbottle · 10/07/2025 09:04

mids2019 · 10/07/2025 06:49

The attack is wrong but surely the point of then post was to try and undermine support for Israel and Christians are a very small minority amongst Palestinians and within the West bank and as a have more to worry about with Islamist oppressio.

The reality is that Israel is backed by a strongly Christian country, the US so I really do not see some agenda against Christians. Also the narrative of bad Jews attacking good Christians was a narrative used to pretty horrible effect by a certain German party in the past........

This is disgusting and offensive towards those Christians who are under attack from both islamists and israelis across the region. I am a Christian and I have legitimate concerns regarding this problem and to compare this to what happened in Germany with a 'certain party' is a far reach indeed.

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mids2019 · 10/07/2025 06:49

The attack is wrong but surely the point of then post was to try and undermine support for Israel and Christians are a very small minority amongst Palestinians and within the West bank and as a have more to worry about with Islamist oppressio.

The reality is that Israel is backed by a strongly Christian country, the US so I really do not see some agenda against Christians. Also the narrative of bad Jews attacking good Christians was a narrative used to pretty horrible effect by a certain German party in the past........

dairydebris · 10/07/2025 06:45

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Maybe because you were calling people pro genociders 🙄

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