An Israeli journalist went undercover in occupied East Jerusalem to personally witness the extent of harassment inflicted upon Christian clergy by Jewish extremists within the Old City.
Yossi Eli of Channel 13 donned a Franciscan garb for a stroll in Jerusalem's Old City but didn't think the experience would be so "intense nor that the harassment would be so widespread", he told La Croix, the online Catholic daily.
Attacks against Christian holy sites, including cemeteries and members of the clergy, have surged in the past few years, prompting heads of churches to issue a call for international protection. In one recent incident, worshipers were attacked by suspected Jewish fundamentalists inside the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin Mary in the Gethsemane.