Jerusalem monastery threatens Christians

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Hebrew graffiti at Jerusalem monastery threatens Christians

Israel ordered a high-priority police investigation on Sunday into anti-Christian messages scrawled in Hebrew on the walls and doors of a Jerusalem monastery, saying they marked an assault on religious harmony.

"Idols will be extirpated" - a line lifted from the Jewish prayer service - and "Christians Go to Hell" were among graffiti left outside the Dormition Abbey with felt-tip pens. The varying handwriting suggested several vandals had been involved.

The Benedictine monastery, on Mount Zion in the Old City, is near a site where many Christians believe Jesus held the Last Supper as well as a tomb revered as the last resting place of the biblical King David and which draws many Jewish worshippers.

"We will not let anyone undermine religious coexistence in Israel," Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan said in a statement, adding that police would put a high priority on "nabbing those who carried out this despicable act".

http://www.reuters.c...l-idUSKCN0UV0B8

http://www.dailymail...n-graffiti.html

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Jerusalem-church-vandalized-with-crude-anti-Christian-slogans-441762

Edited January 17, 2016 by YA AMAR