Protestant Cemetery

Thursday, 05 January 2023

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Christian graves vandalised in Jerusalem

Dawn 05 Jan 2023

Stone graves lay in pieces with crosses toppled at the Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion, where Christians believe Jesus’s Last Supper took place ... Israeli police said on Tuesday they had launched an investigation into “the defacement of a large number of tombstones in the Protestant cemetery”.

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Christian graves desecrated in historic Jerusalem cemetery

Independent Tribune 05 Jan 2023

JERUSALEM — More than 30 graves at a historic Christian cemetery in Jerusalem were found toppled and vandalized, the diocese said Wednesday, jolting the Christian minority in the contested city ... Police officers were sent to the Protestant Cemetery on Jerusalem's Mount Zion to investigate the profanation.

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Dozens of Christian graves vandalized in Jerusalem

Manila Bulletin 05 Jan 2023

A general view shows vandalised graves at the Protestant Christian ...

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More than 30 gravestones damaged in Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem

Raw Story 04 Jan 2023

Unknown vandals desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem, damaging more than 30 gravestones, according to Israeli media reports ... A general view shows vandalized graves in a Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion. nknown vandals desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem, damaging more than 30 gravestones, according to Israeli media reports.

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Jewish extremists desecrated Christian cemetery in Jerusalem

The New Arab 04 Jan 2023

Video footage showed two young men, one with tassels attached to his trousers, smashing tombs and crosses in the Jerusalem Protestant cemetery ... The cemetery, which lies ... CCTV footage shows Jewish Israeli settlers desecrating graves in the Protestant Cemetery in occupied Jerusalem.

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Outrage as more than 30 graves – including British Commonwealth war dead – are vandalised ...

The Daily Mail 04 Jan 2023

Christians have been left outraged after more than 30 graves were vandalised at a protestant cemetery in Jerusalem, in an act described as 'blasphemous' by the Archbishop of Canterbury ... An aerial view shows vandalized tombstones at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery where acts of ...

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Dozens of Christian graves vandalised in Jerusalem

Gulf News 04 Jan 2023

Stone graves lay in pieces with crosses toppled at the Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion, where Christians believe Jesus’s Last Supper took place ... Israeli police said Tuesday they had launched an investigation into “the defacement of a large number of tombstones in the Protestant cemetery”.

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Dismay as dozens of Christian graves in Jerusalem vandalized

Arab News 04 Jan 2023

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Archbishop says desecration of Jerusalem cemetery a ‘hate crime’

Al Jazeera 04 Jan 2023

Jerusalem’s Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum has called the desecration of a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem a “clear hate crime,” days after Israel swore in the most far-right government in the country’s history ... CCTV footage shows Jewish Israeli settlers desecrating graves in the Protestant Cemetery in occupied Jerusalem.

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Settlers vandalise Christian cemetery in Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor 04 Jan 2023

Security cameras have captured the moment settlers destroyed 30 gravestones at a Protestant cemetery belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in ...

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Palestinians decry settler attack on Christian cemetery in Jerusalem

Anadolu Agency 04 Jan 2023

Palestinians on Wednesday condemned an Israeli settler attack on a Christian cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem. Stone graves were destroyed with crosses toppled at the Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion, where Christians believe Jesus's Last Supper took place ... cemetery”.

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Jewish extremists appear to vandalize Christian graves in Old City

The Jerusalem Post 04 Jan 2023

The video shows the vandals making a beeline for a large masonry cross inside the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery, which was established in 1848 and is managed by an organization affiliated with the Anglican Church ... Vandals have targeted other cemeteries as well as churches and monasteries several times over the last decade.

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