Sea of Galilee church torched in suspected hate attack
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Sea of Galilee church torched in suspected hate attack
Two injured by smoke inhalation, Hebrew graffiti scrawled at site where Christians believe Jesus fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fish
The aftermath of a suspected arson attack at the Church of the Multiplication on the Sea of Galilee on Thursday, June 18, 2015 (Fire and Rescue Services)
A fire broke out at the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, early Thursday in what police suspect was an arson attack.
Firefighting crews successfully doused the blaze and two people who were in the building suffered minor smoke inhalation.
In an entrance corridor of the building, which is believed by Christians to be the site of Jesus’s miracle of multiplying two fish and five loaves to feed 5,000 people, Hebrew graffiti was found, reading, “the false gods will be eliminated” — a quote from the Aleinu prayer.
No significant damage was inflicted to the church itself, as the fire raged mainly on the roof. Some damage was caused to a book storage room, offices, and an event hall.
The church, which is run by the Catholic Benedictine Order, is best known for its fifth-century mosaics, including one depicting two fish flanking a basket of loaves.
Right-wing Jewish extremists have in the past carried out numerous arson and graffiti attacks against Christian sites, as as well as against Arab property in the West Bank and Jerusalem under the “price tag” slogan.
The term “price tag” is used by Jewish extremists to describe vandalism or attacks typically carried out against non-Jews or their property, ostensibly as retribution for Palestinian attacks or Israeli government actions deemed contrary to settler interests.
Lt. (res.) Shadi Halul, who heads the Christian IDF Officers Forum, told Army Radio Thursday that those responsible for the fire were mistaken if they thought such actions benefit their cause.
Right-wing Jewish extremists have in the past carried out numerous arson and graffiti attacks against Christian sites, as as well as against Arab property in the West Bank and Jerusalem under the “price tag” slogan.
The term “price tag” is used by Jewish extremists to describe vandalism or attacks typically carried out against non-Jews or their property, ostensibly as retribution for Palestinian attacks or Israeli government actions deemed contrary to settler interests.
Lt. (res.) Shadi Halul, who heads the Christian IDF Officers Forum, told Army Radio Thursday that those responsible for the fire were mistaken if they thought such actions benefit their cause.
“If in this case Jewish zealots are fingered, then, first of all, they clearly don’t represent all the Jews. They’re criminals who should be in prison and not walking around freely.
“If they think this is how they can help themselves and strengthen their own beliefs then I just want to say it only damages their beliefs and damages their justice, and the justification for their being here in this land.”
Halul added that that for the many tourists who visit the site every year, such an incident presents exactly the opposite of the image of coexistence and democracy that Israel wants to project to the world.
Chief Superintendent Ran Levi of the Tiberias Police told Army Radio that police were alerted to the incident at 4.00 a.m. on Thursday morning.
There were 12 volunteers in the building at the time, and they attmepted to contain the flames, Levi said. Two of them were hospitalized after suffering from smoke inhalation and then later released.
As for suspects, Levi said it was too early to make any suggestions. “We are really at the beginning of the process and we still don’t have any leads,” he said.
Mosaics preserved from the Byzantine period at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee
Christian churches have been targeted in suspected extremist Jewish attacks several times in recent years.
In May 2014, the Romanian Orthodox Church on Hahoma Hashlishit Street in Jerusalem was defaced in a suspected hate attack.
That incident saw the words “price tag,” “Jesus is garbage” and “King David for the Jews,” spray-painted on the site’s walls.
Two weeks earlier, ahead of a visit to the country by Pope Francis, suspected Jewish extremists daubed hate graffiti on Vatican-owned offices in Jerusalem.
The Hebrew-language graffiti, reading “Death to Arabs and Christians and those who hate Israel,” was sprayed on the walls of the offices of the Assembly of Bishops at the Notre Dame center, a complex just outside the Old City, the Roman Catholic Church said.
Last July, two suspects were arrested on suspicion of a 2012 incident in which vandals torched the door of a Trappist monastery in Latrun, some 10 kilometers (six miles) from Deir Rafat. They also scrawled “Jesus is a monkey” on a nearby wall, shocking the religious and political establishment.
Israeli officials have termed the attacks “terrorism” and vowed to fight the phenomenon, but have so far made few arrests.
The aftermath of a suspected arson attack at the Church of the Multiplication on the Sea of Galilee on Thursday, June 18, 2015
http://www.timesofisrael.com/arson-suspected-in-fire-at-church-on-sea-of-galilee/
For 'right wing extremists' read settlers. And it is very rare for any of them to be prosecuted for anything.
The aftermath of a suspected arson attack at the Church of the Multiplication on the Sea of Galilee on Thursday, June 18, 2015 (Fire and Rescue Services)
A fire broke out at the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, early Thursday in what police suspect was an arson attack.
Firefighting crews successfully doused the blaze and two people who were in the building suffered minor smoke inhalation.
In an entrance corridor of the building, which is believed by Christians to be the site of Jesus’s miracle of multiplying two fish and five loaves to feed 5,000 people, Hebrew graffiti was found, reading, “the false gods will be eliminated” — a quote from the Aleinu prayer.
No significant damage was inflicted to the church itself, as the fire raged mainly on the roof. Some damage was caused to a book storage room, offices, and an event hall.
The church, which is run by the Catholic Benedictine Order, is best known for its fifth-century mosaics, including one depicting two fish flanking a basket of loaves.
Right-wing Jewish extremists have in the past carried out numerous arson and graffiti attacks against Christian sites, as as well as against Arab property in the West Bank and Jerusalem under the “price tag” slogan.
The term “price tag” is used by Jewish extremists to describe vandalism or attacks typically carried out against non-Jews or their property, ostensibly as retribution for Palestinian attacks or Israeli government actions deemed contrary to settler interests.
Lt. (res.) Shadi Halul, who heads the Christian IDF Officers Forum, told Army Radio Thursday that those responsible for the fire were mistaken if they thought such actions benefit their cause.
Right-wing Jewish extremists have in the past carried out numerous arson and graffiti attacks against Christian sites, as as well as against Arab property in the West Bank and Jerusalem under the “price tag” slogan.
The term “price tag” is used by Jewish extremists to describe vandalism or attacks typically carried out against non-Jews or their property, ostensibly as retribution for Palestinian attacks or Israeli government actions deemed contrary to settler interests.
Lt. (res.) Shadi Halul, who heads the Christian IDF Officers Forum, told Army Radio Thursday that those responsible for the fire were mistaken if they thought such actions benefit their cause.
“If in this case Jewish zealots are fingered, then, first of all, they clearly don’t represent all the Jews. They’re criminals who should be in prison and not walking around freely.
“If they think this is how they can help themselves and strengthen their own beliefs then I just want to say it only damages their beliefs and damages their justice, and the justification for their being here in this land.”
Halul added that that for the many tourists who visit the site every year, such an incident presents exactly the opposite of the image of coexistence and democracy that Israel wants to project to the world.
Chief Superintendent Ran Levi of the Tiberias Police told Army Radio that police were alerted to the incident at 4.00 a.m. on Thursday morning.
There were 12 volunteers in the building at the time, and they attmepted to contain the flames, Levi said. Two of them were hospitalized after suffering from smoke inhalation and then later released.
As for suspects, Levi said it was too early to make any suggestions. “We are really at the beginning of the process and we still don’t have any leads,” he said.
Mosaics preserved from the Byzantine period at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee
Christian churches have been targeted in suspected extremist Jewish attacks several times in recent years.
In May 2014, the Romanian Orthodox Church on Hahoma Hashlishit Street in Jerusalem was defaced in a suspected hate attack.
That incident saw the words “price tag,” “Jesus is garbage” and “King David for the Jews,” spray-painted on the site’s walls.
Two weeks earlier, ahead of a visit to the country by Pope Francis, suspected Jewish extremists daubed hate graffiti on Vatican-owned offices in Jerusalem.
The Hebrew-language graffiti, reading “Death to Arabs and Christians and those who hate Israel,” was sprayed on the walls of the offices of the Assembly of Bishops at the Notre Dame center, a complex just outside the Old City, the Roman Catholic Church said.
Last July, two suspects were arrested on suspicion of a 2012 incident in which vandals torched the door of a Trappist monastery in Latrun, some 10 kilometers (six miles) from Deir Rafat. They also scrawled “Jesus is a monkey” on a nearby wall, shocking the religious and political establishment.
Israeli officials have termed the attacks “terrorism” and vowed to fight the phenomenon, but have so far made few arrests.
The aftermath of a suspected arson attack at the Church of the Multiplication on the Sea of Galilee on Thursday, June 18, 2015
http://www.timesofisrael.com/arson-suspected-in-fire-at-church-on-sea-of-galilee/
For 'right wing extremists' read settlers. And it is very rare for any of them to be prosecuted for anything.
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Re: Sea of Galilee church torched in suspected hate attack
Of course, Christians on here like to turn a blind eye to what Jewish Settlers are doing. Very strange, if Muslims were doing it they would be screaming blue murder.
Whereas in Bethlehem, Palestinians helped to fund the repair of the Church of the Nativity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/bethlehem-church-of-the-nativity_n_4432606.html
Whereas in Bethlehem, Palestinians helped to fund the repair of the Church of the Nativity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/bethlehem-church-of-the-nativity_n_4432606.html
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Re: Sea of Galilee church torched in suspected hate attack
risingsun wrote:Of course, Christians on here like to turn a blind eye to what Jewish Settlers are doing. Very strange, if Muslims were doing it they would be screaming blue murder.
Whereas in Bethlehem, Palestinians helped to fund the repair of the Church of the Nativity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/bethlehem-church-of-the-nativity_n_4432606.html
Point 1) If this is by Jewish extremists, of which has not been confirmed it is, as it could easily also be a set up, then I am sure people will condemn.
Point 2) It is utterly wrong where some extremist Israeli Jews do persecute Christians and Muslims, but lets have a reality check here. The abuses are appalling none the less, but they pail into comparison what goes on in Muslim majority nations where Christians are persecuted.
Point 3) Brilliant that some Palestinians help Christians. The reality is though that in both the West Bank and Gaza they are treated appalling. To poorly make out they are actually treated well by Palestinians off a minor few, as if many treat them well is appalling and trying to bend the truth.
Leader: President Mahmoud Abbas
Population: 4.5 million (40,000 Christians)
Main Religion: Islam
Government: Interim administration
World Watch List Rank: 26
Source of Persecution: Islamic extremism
http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/palestinian_territories.php
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Belatucadros wrote:risingsun wrote:Of course, Christians on here like to turn a blind eye to what Jewish Settlers are doing. Very strange, if Muslims were doing it they would be screaming blue murder.
Whereas in Bethlehem, Palestinians helped to fund the repair of the Church of the Nativity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/bethlehem-church-of-the-nativity_n_4432606.html
Point 1) If this is by Jewish extremists, of which has not been confirmed it is, as it could easily also be a set up, then I am sure people will condemn.
Point 2) It is utterly wrong where some extremist Israeli Jews do persecute Christians and Muslims, but lets have a reality check here. The abuses are appalling none the less, but they pail into comparison what goes on in Muslim majority nations where Christians are persecuted.
Point 3) Brilliant that some Palestinians help Christians. The reality is though that in both the West Bank and Gaza they are treated appalling. To poorly make out they are actually treated well by Palestinians off a minor few, as if many treat them well is appalling and trying to bend the truth.
Leader: President Mahmoud Abbas
Population: 4.5 million (40,000 Christians)
Main Religion: Islam
Government: Interim administration
World Watch List Rank: 26
Source of Persecution: Islamic extremism
http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/palestinian_territories.php
I just followed the opendooruk link and donated , that's a good site didge
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Re: Sea of Galilee church torched in suspected hate attack
Christians are beaten and spat at and abused all over Israel, it's not a few, it's the many.
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Re: Sea of Galilee church torched in suspected hate attack
risingsun wrote:Christians are beaten and spat at and abused all over Israel, it's not a few, it's the many.
Again it is a small compared to the abuse that goes on in Gaza and the Weest bank and countless Muslim majority nations. Again nobody excuses the persecution by some extremist Zionists. Which proves the worst double standards on your part. You try to make out something bad to be far worse ignoring the many nations that constantly persecute Christians.
That is appalling and is sticking two fingers up to the many Christians suffering.
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