Greek Orthodox Jerusalem Patriarch warns Biden of ‘extremist Jewish’ threat – By The Jerusalem Post Staff (The Jerusalem Post) / July 17, 2022
Patriarch Theophilos III warned of “extremist Jewish forces who have targeted the Christian quarter to alter” the history of the site.
Extremist Israeli forces are escalating tensions in Jerusalem’s Old City, bringing daily life to a strain and harming worshipers, warned Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, the current Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, when he met with US President Joe Biden, Channel 12’s Yaron Avraham initially reported.
In a letter reportedly written to Biden, the Patriarch wrote: “The main way to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is under serious threat from extremist Jewish forces who have targeted the Christian quarter with the goal of altering the historic, demographic and geographic nature and validity of the site and terminate the Christian presence in the city.”
According to the report, the letter continues: “It is saddening that these groups are supported, in part, by right-wing figures in Israel’s political sphere. They are, together, trying to disrupt the longtime status quo in the city.”
CONTINUE > https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-712309
