Subhead:Mass numbers of accounts “harmonized” around a story of the Latin Patriarch being banned from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. But the reality was much different, and an effort to divide Christians and Jews is underway, says Ezra Levant.#
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Article by Rebel News staff.
The recent controversy drummed up by the media surrounding the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem being denied access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is an effort to divide Christians and Jews, said Ezra Levant on Monday’s edition of The Ezra Levant Show.
The story gained ground when it was reported that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, was blocked from entering the historic church for Palm Sunday services.
Stories of “how the Jewish state was mistreating Christians, and especially Christian holy sites” circulated online and were then “weaponized in a way to make it look like anti-Christian discrimination,” Ezra said.
In reality, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, much like other religious sites in Old Jerusalem, were under restrictions due to the ongoing conflict between Israel, the United States and Iran.
“Iran has been firing missiles at Jerusalem for weeks,” Ezra said, explaining why the restrictions are in place. Despite the prevalence of bomb shelters in Israel, mass gatherings make the prompt evacuation to shelters “impossible.”
