No society is responsible for the acts of an extremist and violent minority, but it is certainly responsible for the silence of its leaders in the face of such acts.
A Jerusalem magistrate last week dismissed the indictment of a Greek Orthodox priest who had punched a yeshiva student in the face in Jerusalem's Old City after the student spat near him. The magistrate, Dov Pollock, said it was a custom for extremist ultra-Orthodox Jews to spit when they walked past Christian clergymen.
A Jerusalem magistrate last week dismissed the indictment of a Greek Orthodox priest who had punched a yeshiva student in the face in Jerusalem's Old City after the student spat near him. The magistrate, Dov Pollock, said it was a custom for extremist ultra-Orthodox Jews to spit when they walked past Christian clergymen.