⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 NEW - Israel Blocks Palestinians Christians From…

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 NEW - Israel Blocks Palestinians Christians From Attending Holy Saturday Rites, Assaults Worshippers in Jerusalem

On April 19, Israeli forces locked down Jerusalem's Old City, barring Palestinian Christians from attending Holy Saturday rites at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Checkpoints choked off the area, and even senior clergy-including the Vatican's representative-were detained and turned away.

Videos show Israeli police flooding the church square and physically assaulting worshippers inside, leaving one of Christianity's holiest sites nearly empty.

Thousands of West Bank Christians were denied permits during Holy Week. Similar restrictions were imposed on Muslims throughout Ramadan.

Church leaders responded by canceling public Easter celebrations, citing the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and attacks across the West Bank.