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Two Israelis arrested on suspicion of spitting at Christian abbot in Jerusalem
4 February 2024 09:45 GMT
Two Israelis, one a 17-year-old, were arrested on Saturday evening on suspicion of spitting and cursing at a Christian abbot in Jerusalem.
Video footage shared online shows the two individuals spitting at Nikodemus Schnabel near Jerusalem's Old City.
According to Haaretz, the two were released and given house arrest after an investigation.
Nikodemus Schnabel is the abbot of the Benedictine Abbey and of the Priory at the Sea of Galilee.
The German ambassador to Israel criticised the incident on X, calling it "appalling behaviour".
Incidents involving Jews spitting on or near Christian worshippers in Jerusalem were increasingly recorded last year, suggesting that the behaviour is becoming more widespread, the report from Haaretz added.