According to Christian tradition, Jesus was crowned with thorns on the day of his crucifixion. The thorns were meant to mock him for claiming to be the "king of the Jews."
"The Israel-Hamas war has given us as Christians tremendous moral clarity," said Robert Nicholson, president of the Philos Project and co-founder of Passages.
Since the Palestinian Authority took control of Bethlehem in 1995, the Christian population has massively declined. Today, only around 10,000 Christians live in the city of about 75,500 residents.
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One of the suspects appeared in a video earlier this week where Orthodox Jews are seen spitting at Christian pilgrims carrying the Four Species.
ICEJ's mandate is to "encourage Christians worldwide to stand with Israel and the Jewish people in solidarity and friendship."
"Christianity is vital to the past and present of our region and the Holy Land," the king said, adding that "it must remain an integral part of our future."
The Tourism Ministry-led forum included leaders from across Israel's government and focused on the recent spike in attacks against Christians in the historic Old City.
The Talmud study, said Yovel, “is a good example of how interdisciplinarity and the use of tools from one scientific field can enrich another.”
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