The Christians in Holy Land need protection urged the Christian leaders in Jerusalem.
“Throughout the Holy Land, Christians have become the target of frequent and sustained attacks by fringe radical groups,” reads a 13 December statement signed by 13 patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem.
Over the past decade, There have been countless verbal and physical assaults against Christian clergy and acts of vandalism against Christian churches and holy sites over the past decades the leaders warned.
“These tactics are being used by such radical groups in a systematic attempt to drive the Christian community out of Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land,” they said, adding that radical groups are also buying property in the Christian Quarter in Old City Jerusalem in an attempt to vanish the Christian presence in the city.