Six Arrested Over Spitting Attacks on Jerusalem Churches
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- Six suspects were arrested after allegedly spitting at and throwing rocks at St. James Cathedral in Jerusalem, per The Jerusalem Post.
- Israeli attackers hurled stones and spat toward an Armenian church in occupied East Jerusalem, with Jewish Israeli suspects detained in connection with the attacks.
Why it matters: The WSJ headlines these incidents as evidence of a rising trend of anti-Christian hate in Israel. The targeting of multiple Christian sites — from St. James Cathedral to an Armenian church in occupied East Jerusalem — within the same period indicates the attacks form a pattern rather than isolated incidents.
