Fanatic Jewish settlers attacked the Armenian patriarchate
According to the social media post by the official of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, Ağan Gogçyan, it was claimed that there was an argument between the parties when two Jewish settlers blocked the passage of a vehicle used by Armenians in the Christian quarter of the Old City.
The Jewish settlers said: “You don’t have a neighborhood here. This is our country, get out of here.” He was reported to have spoken the words from him.
The Armenian youth said: “This is our country too, our home is here, we were born here, we have nowhere to go.” However, it was recorded that the Jewish settlers sprayed these people with tear gas and fled the scene.
It was shared that the Armenians complained to the police, two Jewish settlers were detained and one of them was released in the morning.
FANATIC GROUP OF JEWISH SETTLEMENT BECOMES Crowd
Chris Manukyan, a resident of the Christian Quarter in the Old City of East Jerusalem, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that after this incident, a group of fanatical Jewish settlers came to the neighborhood and tried to remove the cross and the Armenian flag from the roof. of the Armenian patriarchate.
Noting that the Armenian youth tried to prevent this and that there was a clash between the groups, Manukyan said that the Israeli police were going to and from the side of the Jewish settlers.
Manukyan shared the information that the Israeli police pointed their guns at the Armenian youths, beat the Armenians, and detained an Armenian, saying, “The Israeli police side with the Jewish settlers in all cases. Our young people are being detained as they try to protect their holy places.” saying.
Manukyan claimed that “radical Jewish settler attacks are frequent” because the Christian Quarter in the Old City is located on the road leading to the Burak (Weeping) Wall, which is sacred to Jews.
“Arab or Christian properties here are attacked by Jewish settlers. The Jewish settlers spit on the Christian clergy, shout provocative slogans and carry out provocative actions. The number of these fanatical groups is increasing and they are getting stronger with the new government”.
RESPONSE OF CHRISTIANS TO THE ATTACK
After 7 Israelis were killed in an armed attack on the illegal Jewish settlement in Occupied East Jerusalem, there has been an increase in settler attacks in Occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
A restaurant in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of East Jerusalem was attacked by a group of Jewish settlers on Thursday night, January 26. Images of Jewish settlers attacking the restaurant and parties throwing tables and chairs into the restaurant were reflected on social media.
The Churches in the Holy Land group condemned the attack on the Armenian restaurant and demanded protection against “radical attacks against minority groups trying to impose a Jewish identity on the city.”
In the statement, it was noted that the Israeli police arrived at the scene an hour after the warning and “did not take any action against the attackers.”
The League of Catholic Leaders in the Holy Land said in a statement: “This unprecedented violence has instilled fear in shopkeepers, Christian Quarter residents and visitors. This is the latest in a series of events that have impacted the symbols of the Christian community and beyond.” statements were made.
In a written statement on the incident, the Jerusalem Orthodox Patriarchate also stated that “allowing such radical groups to roam Jerusalem neighborhoods with criminal intent and armed means means being complicit and showing undesirable mercy to criminals.”
THE FOOT ATTACK RAISES THE TENSION
9 Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, were killed in an Israeli army raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank on January 26. In events that erupted in the region after the attack, a 22-year-old Palestinian was killed in the city of Er-Ram, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 27, an armed attack on an illegal Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem left 7 dead and 3 injured.
One of them was seriously injured and 2 Israelis were injured in the armed attack that took place yesterday in the Silvan Quarter, near the Old City of East Jerusalem. Israeli police announced that the attacker was neutralized.
The loss of life in the region was followed by violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians. There were numerous incidents of Jewish settlers attacking Palestinian property and vehicles in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who came to power in a coalition with far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties in Israel, announced that steps would be taken to make it easier to arm thousands of Israelis after the attacks. (AA)