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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7 Comments
ericisshort@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 2y
A lot of bigotry is traditional, but that’s never an excuse.
Nacktmull@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y
Right wing fundamentalists are like aggressive cancer tumors to any civilized society, cut them out before they spread!
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 6 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
I also have a tradition about being spat at, so that would be OK too using this silly argument.
MicrosoftSam@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Israeli here: we all hate this guy and know he's a piece of shit
h3mlocke@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
SlikPikker@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
Israel's true hearth