Newspaper Review: Dailies highlight Israel's crackdown on Christians attending Holy Saturday in Jerusalem
RAMALLAH, Sunday, May 2, 2021 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on the crackdown yesterday carried out by Israeli occupation forces on Orthodox Christian worshipers attending Holy Saturday celebrations in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied Jerusalem.
The dailies said Israeli occupation police attacked dozens of Christians, including monks, commemorating the Holy Saturday in the alleys leading to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied Jerusalem.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida said the Presidency condemned the Israeli occupation’s oppressive measures against Christians commemorating the Holy Saturday in the heart of Jerusalem city.