A bipartisan group of US lawmakers have issued a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken raising the alarm over the treatment of Christians in Jerusalem, though oddly not mentioning any of the ongoing news of violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the same city.
The letter, led by progressive Texas Democrat Joaquin Castro and Florida Republican Gus Bilirakis states that they are “deeply concerned by the rise in attacks against the Christian community in Jerusalem.”
It gives examples of Israelis attacking Christians in and around Jerusalem, including arson, vandalism and physical attacks.
“We write today as a bipartisan group of Members of Congress deeply concerned by the rise in attacks against the Christian community in Jerusalem,” reads the letter, which vaguely referred to “radical groups” that perpetrated these acts in 2020 and 2021.