Christians are under siege in Jerusalem

Nuns, priests, and worshippers describe rising abuse, stone-throwing, and fear in the Holy City as anti-Christian incidents surge By Charlotte Dubenskij, an award-nominated journalist who has covered Yellow Vest protests in France, conflicts in Syria and the Philippines, and is now based in Israel for RT“That very first night we were so scared, we were paralysed with fear. I can honestly say that for the first time, I was afraid to go out alone the next morning. I mean, we were never afraid before. Never.”This is the testimony of Sister Elizaveta from the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. In an exclusive interview with RT she outlines the abuse and attacks nuns from the mission are being subjected to in the Holy City.At the end of July, Sister Elizaveta and three other nuns from the mission were walking back from a night vigil when they realized something wasn’t quite right. “We finished the night service at the tomb of the Lord. We exited through the New Gate. That’s where we came across some policemen, we smiled at them, and they smiled right back at us,” Sister Elizaveta says, adding, “And literally after 200 meters, on the crossroads near Notre Dame, we started heari...