With Israel again at war with Hamas, after the militant group's bloody attack on October 7, church-goers condemned the killings but did not hide their anger with Israel.
Palestinians rally in solidarity with the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on October 17, 2023. The mood was heavy among the Catholic parishioners as they left Saint James the Apostle church in Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighbourhood in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.With Israel again at war with Hamas, after the militant group’s bloody attack on October 7, church-goers condemned the killings but did not hide their anger with Israel.
Hamas launched a brutal attack on southern Israel on October 7, in which hundreds of its militants killed more than 1,400 people and took at least 199 back to Gaza as hostages.Since the attacks, Israel has rained a withering barrage of bombs on the Gaza Strip which has killed at least 3,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials.
Away from the camera, however, several faithful interviewed by AFP were less diplomatic than their clergy — many argued that Israel shares the bulk of the responsibility for the current situation.The militants of Hamas are the “creation of Israel’s unfairness,” said Rania, a dark look on her face. “We want to express our feelings, but we can’t, because we can just lose our jobs, our lives, our parents,” said Maria.
The local Christians, primarily Palestinian, are caught up in the Israel-Palestinian conflict like everyone else, but find themselves in a particularly delicate position as a tiny religious minority among Palestinians.
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