The Holy See in an article by its official news outlet the "Vatican News" decries the incessant desecration of Christian Cemeteries in the holy land of Palestine and some parts of the occupied Israel.
An incident recently recorded on video and shared on social media shows two apparently Jewish men wearing kippot breaking into a cemetery and desecrating a good number of Christian graves.
The footage dates 1, January 2023 have been handed to the Israeli Police for proper investigation.
The Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem Mr. Hosam Naoum condemn the act in an Anglican-owned cemetery of mount Zion and was quoted by the Vatican News as saying " It is a clear hate crime against Christians.
He further says " This act is not just cowardly but disgusting, and any person with blood through their veins will reject such behavior "
In a related development Holy Land Church leaders also condemns the latest series of violence against various Christian sites by far right Jewish extremists. In similar vain the Vatican news was quoted as thus " ... Targets struck in the past years include the Basilica of Nazareth and Catholic- Orthodox buildings ". Mosques and Muslim places of worship has also been targeted.
Many non Jewish religious leaders have expressed fears of continued attacks on non Jewish religious sites in and around Jerusalem with the inauguration of a New government in Tel aviv know for its hardline stands against other non Jewish faiths.
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