On Monday 31 January, Sabeel held a meeting in Jerusalem about the recent increase in attacks on Palestinian Christians in the West Bank. A number of Palestinian religious leaders, organizations, and individuals in the community gathered to discuss the problem and ideas about how to address it.
On Saturday the 23rd of January, a week before the meeting, an 86 year-old priest was attacked by Palestinians in the City of Nablus
A group of lawless Palestinians attacked Archimandrite Ioustinos, the caretaker of the Church on the site of Jacob’s Well in the city of Nablus. He suffered medium physical injuries. This attack is not the first one, as it happened several times in the past. The Palestinian Authority promised to bring the persons who did it to justice but until now no one was arrested. Fr. Ioustinous is an elder in the Nablus area and plays an important role in supporting the local community. In Bethlehem, the Nassar family was attacked at their home, on the farm in the Tent of Nations, by a group of masked Palestinians. Multiple similar incidents have been happening recently in the West Bank.