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News & Current Events May 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM

Israel indicts Jewish man accused of attacking Christian nun in Jerusalem

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Israel indicts Jewish man accused of attacking Christian nun in Jerusalem
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Israel indicts Jewish man accused of attacking Christian nun in Jerusalem
Israel has indicted a Jewish man over a violent attack on a nun near Jerusalem’s Old City last week.
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yuvaldv1 May 7, 2026 +478
>He pushed her and then kicked her while she was lying on the ground, and also attacked a passerby who attempted to halt his attack, the indictment said. Schreiber is being charged with simple assault, and assault motivated by religious hostility. What a POS you have to be to attack a nun and also attack a passerby trying to help her. This guy should end up in prison.
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QuigleyPondOver May 7, 2026 +12
You really gonna drop a “””they””” and expect to not have to defend the thesis?
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blitzkrieg_bunny May 7, 2026 -136
He won't
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Jdiggedy May 7, 2026 +116
What are you basing this on?
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ManbadFerrara May 7, 2026 +101
I'm not the person you asked, but I think this section at the end of the article sums up the sentiment pretty well: >Wadie Abunassar, the coordinator of the Holy Land Christian Forum, last week called attacks targeting Christians a growing phenomenon. He attributed the quick response to the attack on the nun to the fact that it was caught on video >He said that he felt “great anger on the system and great sadness, because I feel that this will not end anytime soon.” One of the problems, he said, was insufficient deterrence against such violence. >“Many times in such cases there are no arrests and if there are arrests, sometimes after one or two days, (suspects) are released,” he added. “In some cases, the police do not recommend the prosecution to file charges or to indict them. And in some cases, when there is indictment, the indictment is mild.”
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Karpattata May 7, 2026 +10
So none of that applies here. He's talking about cases where there are either no arrests or no indictments. 
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ManbadFerrara May 7, 2026 +48
>He attributed the quick response to the attack on the nun to the fact that it was caught on video. Seems relevant. It's worth pondering whether we'd even be talking about this right now if someone didn't happen to film it.
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Karpattata May 7, 2026 -15
That *is* worth pondering, just not in the context where the topic of discussion is the person above claiming that *this particular guy* still wouldn't get jail time.
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ManbadFerrara May 7, 2026 +20
The case has yet to go to trial, so it's still premature to chalk this up to "justice served" at this point. I guess time will tell.
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Dingcock May 8, 2026 +2
You're right but in this particular case we are already past all the issues you initially described
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ManbadFerrara May 8, 2026 +2
"In *this particular* case." Until a certain segment of Israelis no longer feels emboldened to do stuff like this with relative impunity, we're absolutely not past the larger issue.
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Karpattata May 7, 2026 -6
... whereas, declaring that he'll walk free isn't? 
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ManbadFerrara May 7, 2026 +22
I'm not the commenter who declared that, just giving some context on why some *might* be cynical enough to feel that way. Like the Christian leader quoted in the article said, it's not as if there isn't precedent for it, particularly with the settler class (to which the attacker in this case belongs).
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Dingcock May 8, 2026 +1
In this case charges have been laid so this seems a little different than what they're describing
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ManbadFerrara May 8, 2026 +2
Arrest/charges =/= conviction/sentencing.
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Dingcock May 8, 2026
Yes, and ? Did you even read your own quote ?
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ManbadFerrara May 8, 2026 +2
Yes, did you? They're placing this attack in the larger context of settler violence against religious minorities. There is still time/opportunity for the attacker to get off, or be given a slap on the wrist as punishment.
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bagelwholedonutwhole May 7, 2026 +18
The fact that most Israelies get their charges dropped after a few weeks or months, the charges could be dropped by tomorrow even
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Ryubalaur May 7, 2026 +3
Israels History of excusing antisocial behaviour
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7thpostman May 7, 2026 -34
HAHAHA!!!! Where do you live, king?
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Ryubalaur May 7, 2026 +5
[Israeli settlers in the West Bank harassing Palestinians mostly don't get prosecuted and rarely get sentences](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2019/01/chapter-3-israeli-settlements-and-international-law/) [Israeli pedophiles worldwide escape prosecution in countries where they commit their crimes and remain unprosecuted in Israel](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jewish-american-pedophiles-hide-from-justice-in-israel/), Israel does not follow Interpol protocols. These are just two examples from the top of my head.
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7thpostman May 7, 2026 -36
You live in a country where fascists are constructing a vast system of detainment centers with incredible amounts of detainee abuse and appalling living conditions — to the point where guards have literally been caught betting on the number of detainee suicides. Oh, and the leader of the country is a pedophile who probably fucked his daughter. An entire political party protects him and millions of citizens treat him like a god. F*** all the way off with your high horse about Israel shit.
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Hopeless_Slayer May 7, 2026 +30
You're from Kansas, the hell are you on about?
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Ryubalaur May 7, 2026 +5
I am not American, I literally do not live there
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DeliriousMushroom May 7, 2026 +18
So if someone's home country is shit, they cant point out how another country is shit?
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7thpostman May 7, 2026 +7
If someone's home country is shit they should understand that it's actually impossible to make the shittier elements of any society just magically f****** disappear and you shouldn't judge everybody who lives there because of it.
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Jdiggedy May 7, 2026 +10
What are you on about? You know nothing about me.
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7thpostman May 7, 2026 -3
I was responding to a different dude
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odd_orange May 7, 2026 +11
It’s funny because Israel was heavily involved in the pedophilia and murders a shit load of people just because
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7thpostman May 7, 2026 +1
"Everything is someone else's fault" said the very serious commentator.
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odd_orange May 7, 2026 +4
The two things Israel has done is me saying everything is someone else’s fault? All these pro Israel comments are all the same. Get backed into a corner and then make some vague attack at someone’s character that’s completely unrelated. Like okay bud
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Realistic_Swan_6801 May 7, 2026 +257
The national religious are a f****** cancer on Israeli society. 
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Idiot_Savant_13 May 7, 2026 +30
Anyone who can't live & let live ain't leavin' other people a whole lotta options. It's a bizarre mind-set to practice, cuz it just causes problems.
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DarkImpacT213 May 7, 2026 +55
Goes for any country though really, although in majority Christian or former Christian countries you rarely have such parties get 10+% of the vote and have an active government role I suppose.
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Realistic_Swan_6801 May 7, 2026 +24
They average like 6 kids per woman, so their population explosion has resulted in a political explosion. Israeli politics is easily dominated by demographics. Same way the ultra orthodox have wielded disproportionate power, high birth rate and voting as a block.  * actually about 4 as of now 
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saturnworship May 7, 2026 +12
That's hasidic, Israeli Nationals are like 3 tfr and dropping
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Realistic_Swan_6801 May 7, 2026 +1
Actually I think it’s 4 but yes it’s declining a bit. 
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saturnworship May 9, 2026 +2
Latest data shows it's 2.9 from 2024
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ofekk214 May 7, 2026 +11
Otzma Yehudit and Ha'tzionut Ha'datit, Ben-Gvir and Smotritch's parties respectively, don't have that many votes either. In fact, Ben-Gvir is projected to have 0 mandates by the coming elections (you need a minimum of 3 to pass the threshold). The reason they're in the coalition is because they are part of the rightwing bloc, which Bibi leads with the Likud party holding 32 mandates. Bibi needed 61 mandates for his entire block to build a coalition, and it was either these 2 morons or the Arab parties. Considering he spent 15 years flaming anyone who wanted to build a coalition with the Arabs (ironically he tried to have Mansur Abbas join him in the 2022 election run, and then flamed Bennet for attempting talks with Ra'am party when his talks with Abbas failed), he knew it's either the 2 rightwing morons or Likud gets 0 mandates by the 2026 elections. Long story short, rightwing extremists get very small support here just aswell, but Israel's election system and Bibi constantly creating more ministry offices makes it very easy, even for small parties, to have real power if they are a part of the winning bloc.
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Realistic_Swan_6801 May 7, 2026 +11
Yes Israeli politics is a clusterfuck and bibi will say or do literally anything to keep power. 
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DarthGuber May 7, 2026 +3
It's a good thing politics is only like that in Israel /s
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ZombieOwn4567 May 7, 2026 +44
now do Muslim countries
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Syn_Ick May 7, 2026 -13
When was the last time a nun was attacked in Palestine, by Muslims? Or Lebanon? Or Malaysia for that matter…?
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RentInside7527 May 7, 2026 +24
2017 in Bethlehem for a nun specifically, but Coptic christians have historically been frequently targeted in the levant and Egypt by Muslims.
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Syn_Ick May 7, 2026 -5
So I looked into this! Turns out, a nun was attacked. BUT, not for being a nun, instead it was part of a property dispute. The attackers were arrested and convicted for the attack by Bethlehem civil authorities. So this was not at all an example of religious violence against Christians in Palestine. Nice try though! Source: https://www.meconcern.org/2017/07/03/palestine-court-hearing-after-attack-on-nuns/
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RentInside7527 May 7, 2026 -2
>When was the last time a nun was attacked in Palestine, by Muslims? Lets not go shifting goal posts. Attacking a nun is attacking a nun. Dude felt entitled to attack a nun. Its part of a broader trend of Palestinian violence and intimidation against the Christians of Bethlehem that has led to the massive demographic shift there. https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7649-Informational-Materials-20251211-73.pdf
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Syn_Ick May 8, 2026 +1
The goalpost was religiously inspired violence, but I appreciate the effort you are putting in to make a single incident, that was not religiously motivated, from a decade ago, seem as though it is relevant here, by carefully omitting all the details that would conflict with the narrative you wish to establish. I think everyone here knows that religiously motivated persecution of Christians by Israelis is more prevalent and pressing, but sometimes just watching someone do a dance is as entertaining as getting onto the dance floor oneself.
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RentInside7527 May 8, 2026 +3
>The goalpost was religiously inspired violence, Thats not the question you posed, you asked for an example of a nun attacked by a Muslim. There are ample examples of anti christian violence in the area. >think everyone here knows that religiously motivated persecution of Christians by Israelis is more prevalent and pressing, As the link I shared above highlighted, the Christian population is experiencing a severe decline in Palestine due to violence and intimidation by other Palestinian groups. Meanwhile, despite some fringe, albeit reprehensible incidents against Christians in Israel, the Christian population of Israel is increasing. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-834585 https://philosproject.org/christians-are-disappearing-in-the-middle-east/
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Syn_Ick May 8, 2026 -1
> Meanwhile, despite some fringe, albeit reprehensible incidents against Christians in Israel Given your characterization of attacks by Israeli Jews against Christians as “fringe”, how do you respond to the huge volume of reports, over decades, of *consistent*, *persistent* acts of persecution such as spitting on Christians, intimidating people wearing crosses, etc, and the nearly complete lack of prosecutions for these acts by Israeli authorities? How do you respond to the mainstream Israeli press reporting that such attacks are growing in both frequency and severity? It seems like you’re presenting a false narrative, frankly. Christian nuns and priests of multiple denominations affirm that they feel quite safe in Gaza and Palestine generally, while in Israel, these same folks - Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, etc report this persistent harassment and describe the attackers as acting with impunity and no fear of legal repercussions. Sources: https://rossingcenter.org/2025-annual-report/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-finds-growing-trend-of-harassment-of-christians-in-israel/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-christians-not-surprised-by-attack-on-nun-as-abuse-becomes-routine/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/for-christians-israel-jerusalem-intolerance-becoming-normal https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2025-07/israel-west-bank-jewish-settlers-christians-palestinians-war.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_Christians_in_Israel
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poulan9 May 7, 2026 +4
In Israel a Christian gets pushed over after years of no problems. In Gaza a Jew would be murdered in minutes. No ifs or buts.
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Amockdfw89 May 7, 2026 +11
Yes a lot do that is ironically the Arab countries fault. During the early Israeli wars they basically pogromed their indigenous Jewish population (the mirzahi) who were more conservative. They migrated to Israel and shifted the demographics. It basically started as a left wing and more secular minded state And then a bunch of bitter and ultra religious Jewish people nearly doubled the population
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RentInside7527 May 7, 2026 +8
Mizrahim are definitely more hawkish because they understand what it was like to live as a Jewish minority under Arab rule. Another big factor is that the kids who grew up during the second intifada are now young adults and that has caused another shift rightwards
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Pesto_in_my_pants May 7, 2026 -47
They should probably stop voting them into the majority then
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Realistic_Swan_6801 May 7, 2026 +66
You realize they are a parliamentary system and those parties only get 10% of the vote or so? Bibi brought them into power by forming a coalition with them to hang onto power.
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blackslatewater May 7, 2026 +36
Whyyyyyyyy would you comment smugly about something you clearly know nothing about?
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DachshundNursery May 7, 2026 +18
Sir, this is listnook, that's what we do here
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CrouchingGeko May 7, 2026 +27
The thing is no one really expects IRGC and Hamas to do the right thing cause everyone knows what kind of people they are. So what you just said reads like Israel is now also on the same level as them.
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poulan9 May 7, 2026 +6
Exactly, Hamas doesn't even recognise any crime against a Jew as a crime. All Jews are legitimate targets.
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Ombric_Shalazar May 7, 2026 +14
surely it is natural to expect a state to do better than terrorists?
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Emotional-Bronco May 7, 2026 +6
I was informed Hamas are just resistance to Israel. And the irgc are also resistance to Israel 
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poulan9 May 7, 2026 -2
That is wildly misinformed, Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist groups. Most Iranians do not understand the IRGC's obsession with Israel which is thousands of miles away. The would prefer that their government tries to solve the huge number of issues that exist in Iran.
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jeffersonlane May 8, 2026 +2
Hamas was elected by the people of Palestine...
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MayDayBeFourth May 7, 2026
Hamas is literally the government of gaza
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CrouchingGeko May 7, 2026 -11
Sadly humans need to be educated and informed to take educated and informed decisions. At the base level all humans are born equal but what they learn, how they live and the habitat they live in will shape their thoughts. So yes you cant expect that all the people will behave correctly however this doesnt mean that you are free to treat them in inhumane ways. You should try to set an example and educate others and not throw away your own righteousness away.
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Emotional-Bronco May 7, 2026 +12
Are you really calling arabs uneducated...? 
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CrouchingGeko May 7, 2026 -3
To answer your question you can reasearch it and find the answer. You are just trolling.
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Nemocom314 May 7, 2026 +1
Or. They believe they share enough values with the people of Israel that we can change their behavior through communication. And don't feel that is true for Hamas and the IRGC. If you can't hold your friends to higher standards than your enemies then why are they your friends?
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PedanticPerson May 7, 2026 +15
Israel is still a tiny part of the western world though, while a huge portion of media attention is trying to find everyday crimes that are newsworthy only because the suspect is Israeli. We don’t see this sort of fixation on Canadian criminals for example. That’s not normal, it reflects an obsession with Jews.
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HYDROMORPHONE_ZONE May 7, 2026 -9
Jews≠Israel Anti-Zionism≠Anti-Semitism
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PedanticPerson May 7, 2026 +10
Sure this obsession has nothing to do with Israel with Jewish. After all, the media gives the same balanced attention to random petty criminals in Canada, right? Right??
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Silverleaf_86 May 7, 2026 +3
Such a lovely thought, they are Israel’s friends and think that talking will change the behaviour of the Israeli society, because we are so alike. realistically you might be talking about 5% of the people criticising Israel, at best. The rest are just using any news about Israel to bash Israel, look at every action it does under scrutiny in an unbelievable standard and deflecting towards other wrongdoings if Israel somehow managed to surpass these standards.
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eterneraki May 8, 2026 -2
Israel hasn't persecuted anyone involved in any of the 1,000 incidents of West Bank deaths in the last year against Palestinians.
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Emotional-Bronco May 8, 2026 -1
How many Hamas have stood trial in a court of law for their crimes? How many irgc have stood trial in a court of law for the 30,000 protestors slaughtered?
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eterneraki May 8, 2026 +1
Do you think you're making an argument here?
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darkvaris May 7, 2026 -4
What point? Why is everything a comparison with Iran? This is my f****** point. A guy attacked a nun and somehow we’re shoehorning in an entirely different country merely because of the war. Worldnews is f****** crazy
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darkvaris May 7, 2026 +1
Yeah again, that is a comparison. Yall looking to make everything a comparison with one of the other violent religious states in the region because using it as a comparison is a rhetorical attempt to make the actions of this dude and his religious peers seem tame. Its transparent. A man was indicted for attacking a goddamn nun and we’re wasting energy comparing. Why can’t we all just be glad he’s being (hopefully) dealt with. Oh right, because Israel’s reputation is in the gutter and people are trying to inflate it by comparing to other violent religious states. Comparison: “Good societies” - vague, platitudes. “IRGC 30k” specific, negative”. I’m just really tired of it and frankly wish we could be done with the entire lot of religious ethnostates but here we are. Also this is absolutely a bot. 2 months old, random word generator name. I’m sure they mostly chime in on any post having to do with Israel as well.
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CrouchingGeko May 7, 2026 -11
Iran and Hamas arent worth criticizing. People criticize Israel cause people expect Israel to behave better like decent human beings. Guess our expectations from Israel and Iran/Hamas should be the same then?
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jeffersonlane May 8, 2026 +3
Why aren't they worth criticizing? Are the lives they take just not worth as much?
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Guilty_Flan_96 May 7, 2026 -12
It's so incredibly obvious.
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zurvivl May 7, 2026 +22
Why is this worldnews, yes religious based attacks happen everywhere. Didn't see an article on here about muslims attacking a bus of jews in London.
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lightyourfire May 7, 2026 +22
You know precisely why
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SpeedDaemon1969 May 7, 2026 +5
Vile cowards.
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tlcdr May 8, 2026 +4
Okay now indict the rest of them. Go on, the world is waiting.
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thefartingmango May 7, 2026 +3
Yeah he commited a crime idk what he expected
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Virtual_Permit2761 May 7, 2026 -4
Indicted because it went viral. This is happening, and has happened for decades, in the West Bank and Gaza
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Sensitive-Report-787 May 7, 2026 -13
amazing, man gets arrested for committing a crime — the fact that it’s newsworthy makes you wonder if he’d have been arrested if that was a hijab wearing woman instead of a habit wearing nun?
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livy-aurelia May 7, 2026 -4
of course he wouldn’t have. settlers do it all the time! this is the same country that had pro-r*** protests
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filenotfounderror May 8, 2026 +1
Your remonder the biggest supporter of Israel is evangelical Christians.
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EmbarrassedHeat1227 May 7, 2026 -27
We’ll see if there is anything more than a wrist slap for the thug.
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Academic_Net6298 May 7, 2026 +2
He’s looking at 12 years in prison so probably not
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eterneraki May 8, 2026 +2
Highly doubt it. I'll give you a hundred bucks if he even gets a year
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zombieruler7700 May 7, 2026 -14
People care more about this than the tens of thousands of protesters Iran killed
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alucohunter May 7, 2026 -5
Yeah, and the hundreds of dead children in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran. Killed by the American and Israeli death machine.
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Observe_Report_ May 7, 2026 -33
Reluctantly
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Future_Mousse_355 May 7, 2026 -31
And the punishment will be...? Slap on the wrist + "the next time don't get caught"? Sick bastards....
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123tatan May 7, 2026 +22
Imagine making up the punishment in your head, and then feeling judgement on that fake punishment you made up. He’s facing 2 charges- Assault & Assault with religious prejudice Facing up to 12 years for both charges, 2 years for assault, 10 for a religious attack.
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Jaquestrap May 7, 2026 +8
Been to Jerusalem and the Old City 6 times and never once saw anything remotely like this happen.
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123tatan May 8, 2026 +4
Common knowledge? Have you ever been there? The only times I can think of that case is when an evangelical goes to try to convert Jews to Christianity. There’s even cases of Christians faking a Ketubah and moving to Israel under false pretenses to convert heredi Jews.
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Long-Draft-7128 May 7, 2026 -20
15 hours of community service tops
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Schuperman161616 May 8, 2026
Remember, they are only doing this now to save face. If the Israeli attacking the nun wouldn't go viral, they would have no problem sweeping this under the rug. What more can you expect from a country that protests for the right to r*** Palestinian prisoners.
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Diagoras21 May 7, 2026 -33
Those abrahamic religions are really 👌.
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