An Israeli religious young man from the Haredi movement surprised Father Nicodemus Schnabel and spat on him. When Father Nicodemus stressed his right to photograph the attacker, another young Jewish man came and insulted Jesus Christ, peace be upon him.

Yesterday, Saturday, the General Superior of the Benedictine Monks in the Holy Land, Father Nicodemus Schnabel, was subjected to a racist attack in the “Mount Zion” area in occupied Jerusalem.

Commenting on the racist attack, the coordinator of the Holy Land Christians Forum, Wadih Abu Nassar, said: “We are tired of denouncing such racist attacks, and we are even more tired of the lack of deterrence of the aggressors, neither by the Israeli police, nor by political and religious officials in Israel.”

Abu Nassar added: "The minimum required of the Israeli police is to bring the assailants to justice, and what is required is to submit serious indictments against them."

The coordinator of the Holy Land Christians Forum called on senior political and religious officials in Israel to denounce the attack, in order to send a strict message not to repeat such crimes in the future, he said.