Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Fire Saturday, and Easter Sunday are the Holiest days celebrated in Jerusalem for Christians. Christians are denied  their fundamental right of freely exercise their religion because of road blocks in the old city, police presence with machine guns, as well as rude and hostile attitudes from police and Army officers. The curfews and forced closures make these movements almost impossible. In sharp contrast, Israel allows Jews to freely access their temples. 

Today when a debate has been initiated regarding the freedom of worship in Jerusalem due to the constant settler aggressions against Al Aqsa Mosque (Al Haram Al Sharif) and despite the fact that Israeli officials have made public assurances that "only Israel" can keep freedom of religion in Jerusalem, the Holy Land Christians denounce Israel's discriminatory and restrictive policies.  Palestinian Christian organizations in occupied East Jerusalem have initiated a legal process "to preserve the right to freely access our churches and shrines".

Palestinian Christians now "call upon the international community, and particularly to the Christian World, including its churches and civil society to put pressure on Israel to end the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem as well as in this particular case to stop limiting Holy Land Christians from exercising their basic religious rights."

Click here for the press release which contains details about where and from whom more information can be accessed. 

Please respond strongly in support of the legitimate claim of Holy Land Christians for their right to religion to be respected.