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Al Jazeera Net correspondents
Oman- A massive sit-in was held in the Cathedral of “The Entry of the Lord into the Temple” – the largest Orthodox church in the Jordanian capital, Amman – in solidarity with… Gaza strip And in rejection of the crimes of genocide committed by the occupation in the Gaza Strip and throughout Palestine.
The sit-in was organized by the Jordanian Orthodox institutions and the Orthodox Central Council in Jordan and Palestine, and the participants raised slogans denouncing the occupation’s massacres against the people of Gaza and denounced the bombing of mosques, churches, and places of worship. The participants also chanted in support of the Palestinian resistance and rejected describing the Palestinian people’s liberation struggle as terrorism.
The participants called on the resistance to respond further to the crimes of the occupation, denouncing in their chants, which were mixed with the ringing of church bells, the official silence of the Arab regimes, and the failure to present a serious and firm stance towards the massacres that Gaza is being subjected to. The participants also demanded the closure of the occupation embassy in Amman and foreign bases.
The event was attended by heads of church associations and scout groups affiliated with Jordanian churches, in addition to official figures, women and children, where participants lit candles and chanted for the Gaza Strip.
The Secretary General of the Council of Church Leaders in Jordan said Father Ibrahim Dabour Everyone must work to strengthen Jordan’s internal front, adding, “We will not be able to resist the occupation, any invasion or project for an alternative homeland, or any compromise on the homeland, except with the strength of national unity and with the Hashemites.”
Dabour added, “We fight everyone who fights justice, and we ask God to inspire world leaders to return to their senses,” indicating the need for them to look at the reasons that caused and called for this war, which is the occupation, calling for the demand for the release of all prisoners from Israeli occupation prisons.
Occupation is the root of the problem
The official of the media center at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Jordan, Father Sophronius Hanna, said that the event comes as a rejection of genocide and crimes and a condemnation of the occupation that practices war crimes against the Palestinians, noting that Speaking to Al Jazeera Net Until the Church raises its daily prayers to end the war in the Gaza Strip.
In turn, the Director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media said Father Rifaat Badr It is necessary for the world to link the current massacres and bombings that the Palestinian people are suffering from, and the root of the problem, which is the occupation that has been in place for decades, adding that the end of the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital JerusalemIt is the solution that could restore security to the region.
Speaking to Al Jazeera Net, Father Badr indicated that the occupation did not exclude a mosque or church from the bombing or a hospital affiliated with the church, in reference to the massacre. Baptist Hospital Who follows the Evangelical Episcopal Church in Jerusalem, which claimed hundreds of martyrs, adding that the Palestinian people, both Christians and Muslims, have been suffering from occupation for decades, and this sharing is not new, and what the Muslim suffers from is undoubtedly suffered by his Christian brother.
Targeting churches
Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle, Jordanian churches have witnessed various activities in support of Gaza. In recent days, gatherings of children and women were held, candles were lit, and prayers were held. It was also announced that donations would be received for the people of Gaza, while the churches of the city of Irbid in the north of the Kingdom held – yesterday, Wednesday – a prayer and a stand in solidarity with People of the Gaza Strip.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrios, the third oldest church in the world and the oldest in Gaza, was subjected to Israeli bombing, resulting in a number of martyrs and dozens of injuries, according to church officials and the government media office in Gaza, which said that the church was severely damaged as a result of the occupation raids.
In a statement, the Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem said that the churches of Gaza are determined to continue carrying out their duty in receiving the displaced and providing them with protection, noting that “these targeting constitute a war crime that the world cannot ignore.”
The Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) had previously said, “This deliberate targeting of the church, and before it the commission of the Al Ahly Baptist Hospital massacre, calls for a strong stance and condemnation from the international community and the World Council of Churches, to pressure this rogue entity to stop its fascist aggression against places of worship and defenseless civilians.”
On a related level, it has been documented that settlers in Jerusalem repeatedly spit on the doors of churches, especially the “Imprisonment of Christ” Church in the Old City of Jerusalem, which indicates, according to activists, comprehensive attacks on all Palestinians, in various forms of occupation. And its settlers.
