Occupied Jerusalem - SANA
Archbishop Atallah Hanna, Archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox community, renewed his call on the international community to stop the Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinian people, their land and their sanctities.
Wafa news agency quoted Hanna as saying in today's statements that the attack by Israeli settlers yesterday on the Church of Gethsemane in occupied Jerusalem and their attempt to burn it down is new evidence of the brutality and racism of the occupation.
Hanna indicated that the occupied city of Jerusalem is in real danger as a result of the Israeli attacks that aim to destroy its cultural history and Judaize it, stressing that these attacks will not deter the Palestinian people from continuing their steadfastness on their land and protecting their Islamic and Christian sanctities.