• Israeli settler Yona Simcha Schreiber (36) from the Peduel settlement in the occupied West Bank has been charged with assault motivated by hostility towards a religious group after attacking a French Catholic nun in Jerusalem.
  • The attack occurred on Mount Zion; surveillance footage shows Schreiber violently pushing the nun to the ground and later kicking her.
  • The nun, a 48-year-old researcher at the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research, sustained injuries; prosecutors have requested Schreiber remain in custody until trial.
  • The French consulate in Jerusalem condemned the attack and demanded prosecution, while the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Humanities expressed ‘profound shock’ and warned of a ’troubling pattern’ of rising hostility towards the Christian community.
  • Israel’s foreign ministry also condemned the ‘shameful act’ and reaffirmed commitment to religious freedom.

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