"Surveillance footage from the scene shows a man rushing towards the nun, who was dressed in a white habit and black veil, and violently pushing her to the ground where she comes close to hitting her head on a stone block. The man leaves the scene only to return and kick the nun before a passerby intervenes."
"This is not an isolated incident, but part of a troubling pattern of rising hostility towards the Christian community and its symbols."
"Schreiber faces a charge of assault resulting in injuries, motivated by hostility towards a religious group. The suspect, Yona Simcha Schreiber, 36, is from a settlement in the occupied West Bank named Peduel. He has been under arrest since 29 April and the prosecution has asked that he remain in detention until the trial."
A 36-year-old Israeli settler from the West Bank settlement of Peduel attacked a 48-year-old French Catholic nun and researcher at Jerusalem's French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research on Mount Zion. Surveillance footage shows the man violently pushing the nun to the ground and kicking her before a passerby intervened. The suspect, Yona Simcha Schreiber, has been arrested since April 29 and faces charges of assault motivated by hostility towards a religious group. The prosecution requested his continued detention pending trial. The attack drew widespread condemnation from the French consulate, Hebrew University's Faculty of Humanities, and Israel's foreign ministry, with officials noting it reflects a troubling pattern of rising hostility towards the Christian community.
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