Part of the Land grab – God help all who Israel targets – Peter
Christians have accused Israeli police of turning Jerusalem’s Old City into a militarised zone during Easter festivities over the weekend.
One video circulated widely on social media showed a police officer drawing his handgun and waving it in the face of a Christian scout, before being restrained by other officers.
Israeli police, in response to questions from the ABC, said they deployed extra personnel to the area over the Easter weekend.
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Israel Police have been accused of turning Jerusalem’s Old City into a “militarised zone” and blocking worshippers from praying over Easter, after violent scuffles broke out near one of Christianity’s holiest sites.
Thousands had lined up for hours to attend the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Easter Saturday — a ceremony where priests light candles inside the shrine built over the spot believed to be Jesus’s tomb, before passing the candles around the congregation.
But Israeli police had restricted access to the church, erecting barricades and forcing worshippers to enter through only one of the Old City’s historic gates.
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