Arpa Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Have we not seen this before? http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=10...mp;#entry261777 http://www.hairenik.com/weekly/2009/09/08/...of-seminarians/ Armenian Patriarchate Protests Deportation of Seminarians By Weekly Staff • on September 8, 2009 • Special from Arthur Hagopian JERUSALEM—The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem recently lodged a strong protest against a decision by the Israeli Ministry of Interior to deport two seminarians involved in a fight with a young Jewish man who had spat on a religious procession they were involved in. The spokesman for the Patriarchate, Father Pakrad Bourjekian, noted that this was not the first time Armenian or Christian clergymen in Jerusalem had faced unprovoked aggression. The clergy aren’t the only ones singled out, he said. Lay members of the Armenian community who wear or display crosses are also victims of such attacks. The latest provocation occurred on Sunday evening, Sept. 6, as Armenian seminarians returned to the Convent of St. James after holding their weekly procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. As they neared the convent, a young Jew wearing a kipa spat on them. One of the seminarians accosted the youth, who responded with another blob of spit, leading to a brawl that ended when police arrested two of the Armenian seminarians and held them for 24 hours. That same evening, the police informed the Armenian Patriarchate that the matter would be dealt with in court the next morning. At court, however, the Armenians were informed that the police had referred the matter to the Israeli Ministry of the Interior, which had decided to deport the two seminarians, Bourjekian said. Spitting on Christians, he added, has been occurring for the past several years, and the Ministry and police have failed to take any measures to stop it. In addition to this “harassment by civilians,” Bourjekian said, the Ministry intentionally delays renewing the visas of Armenian monks and priests who were born in Lebanon, Syria, or Jordan, “causing them undue distress.” He voiced concern that “this kind of persecution” against the Armenians might escalate to include not only seminarians but priests, bishops, and archbishops as well. Edited September 8, 2009 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Just wondering, what would happen to a person in North America, if he/she decides to spit on someone who's wearing a kipa? I bet all the Jewish organizations will cry antisemetism and they will haul his/her in front of human rights tribunal so fast that his/her head will spin. And then they will rally the governments in order to come up with some kind of a law that will prohibit this kind of action, yet in the democratic country of Israel it is tolerated. I think I said enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted September 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Just wondering, what would happen to a person in North America, if he/she decides to spit on someone who's wearing a kipa? I bet all the Jewish organizations will cry antisemetism and they will haul his/her in front of human rights tribunal so fast that his/her head will spin. And then they will rally the governments in order to come up with some kind of a law that will prohibit this kind of action, yet in the democratic country of Israel it is tolerated. I think I said enough. "democratic" indeed. Just like the other "idio-cracy" in the region. Can you spell "judocratic" and "furkocratic"? Spit on both of them, both 'faex populi". Those who need a translation, it means "human waste". Edited September 9, 2009 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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