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Israeli settler activist: 'Spitting near churches or monasteries is an ancient Jewish tradition' (www.jpost.com)

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The statement came as a response to a video circulating online of Orthodox Jews spitting on Christians in Jerusalem's Old City.

“The custom of spitting near churches or monasteries is an ancient Jewish tradition,” far-right activist Elisha Yered wrote on Monday in response to a video of Orthodox Jews spitting on Christian pilgrims.

The former spokesperson for MK Limor Son Har-Melech, of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, said that there is an even a blessing that Jews are supposed to say when seeing a church: “Blessed is He who has patience for those who violate His will,” which Yered described as a “blessing that praises God for not immediately punishing idol worshipers for their wicked deeds.”

He continued: "Perhaps under the influence of Western culture we have forgotten what Christianity is, but I think the millions of Jews who experienced the Crusades, the [Spanish] Inquisition, blood libel, and mass pogroms will never forget."

Yered came under fire in August after he was arrested in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Palestinian man during riots in the village of Burka.

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[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

A lot of bigotry is traditional, but that’s never an excuse.

[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right wing fundamentalists are like aggressive cancer tumors to any civilized society, cut them out before they spread!

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 1 year ago

It's just so particularly dumb.

Yeah bro, make the whole world your enemy, that's a good plan for a state that requires alliances to survive.

[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely very dumb but at least this extremist only represents a certain group of religious weirdos and not the majority in Israel.

[-] Gazumi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I also have a tradition about being spat at, so that would be OK too using this silly argument.

[-] MicrosoftSam@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Israeli here: we all hate this guy and know he's a piece of shit

[-] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Israel's true hearth

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