Catholic Priest in Ramallah Says Netanyahu Spreading Falsehoods and Fueling Religious Division

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Julio stated that Israel’s religious and economic strategies aim to displace native populations and restrict Christian worship in Jerusalem, while foreign pilgrims are granted free access. “We, the Christians of this land, are heirs to the Arab Nazarene tradition and have built a shared civilization with Muslims,” he said. “Israel seeks to portray this war as religious in order to divide us.”