{"id":15094,"date":"2024-02-05T00:46:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T00:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/05\/ultra-orthodox-man-seen-spitting-at-christian-priest-in-jerusalem\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T00:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T00:46:12","slug":"ultra-orthodox-man-seen-spitting-at-christian-priest-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/05\/ultra-orthodox-man-seen-spitting-at-christian-priest-in-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Orthodox\u00a0man\u00a0seen spitting at Christian priest in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            She described two young men crossing their path as they walked through the Old City. One of them, she said, approached them and spat at Schnabel. The assault was not captured on camera, but the sound of spitting is clearly audible.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The priest and journalist continued to walk through the Old City, and were again approached by the same two men as they walked through the Armenian Quarter. They approached Schnabel, proceeded to spit at him again, verbally insult him, and one of them kicked him, a\u00a0video\u00a0shows.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Another\u00a0video\u00a0filmed by Amiri after the initial spitting incident\u00a0shows\u00a0Father Schnabel attempting to take a photo of the young men\u2019s faces to show police.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cYou have no right to touch me and spit on me,\u201d he tells one of the men in English as the other attempts to block Amiri\u2019s camera with his hand. \u201cThe police are always asking. I need a picture of his face.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            One of the men walks up to Schnabel, yelling profanities. An older\u00a0man\u00a0intervenes and convinces him in Hebrew to back off, but the suspect tells the\u00a0man\u00a0to \u201cwatch out.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cI did that to the priest because they are Christians, brother, and this is what I do to them,\u201d one of them says to others watching the incident.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            An armed Israeli man then intervenes and physically guides the men away from Schnabel, as one yells \u201cf***ing Jesus\u201d in English at Schnabel.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The men were later arrested by Israeli Police and are currently being held under house arrest as the incident is investigated.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cLast night, the police received a report regarding youths who traversed the Zion Gate area in the Old City of Jerusalem. These individuals engaged in verbal insults and spat towards a religious\u00a0man\u00a0passing by before hastily fleeing the scene,\u201d the police statement said Sunday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The suspects, one of whom is 17 years old, were brought in for questioning, according to police, and they were both subsequently placed under house arrest.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Christians in the Old City are regularly the target of spitting and verbal abuse by Orthodox Jews. Five people were arrested in October, accused of spitting at people or churches.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The Latin Patriarchy of Jerusalem said Sunday on X that it \u201ccondemns the unprovoked and shameful assault\u201d on Schnabel.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Israel\u2019s Foreign Minister Israel Katz condemned the \u201cugly\u201d act in a post on X.    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She described two young men crossing their path as they walked through the Old City. One of them, she said, approached them and spat at Schnabel. The assault was not captured on camera, but the sound of spitting is clearly audible. 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