if you support israel, in your mind or in action, this is the sort of crap you are getting behind;

In an act of defiance, Heads of Churches in Jerusalem released a statement earlier this week denouncing “heavy-handed restrictions [that] will limit access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Holy Light Ceremony” scheduled for Saturday, the eve of Orthodox Easter. 

“This year, after many attempts made in good will,” church leaders said, “we are not able to coordinate with the Israeli authorities, as they are enforcing unreasonable and unprecedented restriction on access to the Holy Sepulchre.”

The statement, issued by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Latin Custody of the Holy Land and the Armenian Patriarchate, follows many joint statements in recent years pointing to a growing threat to the Christian community in Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land.......more........