Israeli police restrictions on the traditional 'Holy Fire' ceremony at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre dampens the Easter mood amid ongoing killings in Gaza.
Israeli police restrictions on the traditional 'Holy Fire' ceremony at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre dampens the Easter mood amid ongoing killings in Gaza.Every year thousands of Christians congregate at churches in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank to mark Easter. It’s a day of reverence and celebration.
This year, the people in Palestine, where Christianity was born, have also encountered significant restrictions on entering Jerusalem’s Old City to observe the occasion. These permits are subject to stringent conditions, requiring Palestinians to possess an"ID card" issued by the Israeli military following a"security check”.
This area is heavily affected by illegal Israeli settlements, infrastructure, and military presence, he said, leading to restrictions on movement and shrinking of Palestinian towns like Beit Jala, a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine. “It's not just about the security needs of this occupation, which, of course, we totally reject that there is something called the security needs of an occupation. What we have here is a clear attempt to deny us of our very existence as Palestinians and, of course, as Palestinian Christians.” Abu Eid said.
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