Israeli Christians: Police indifferent to threats against us
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m
Last update - 12:09 20/06/2008
Israel's Messianic Jews: Police indifferent to threats against us
By The Associated Press
Safety pins and screws are still lodged in 15-year-old Ami Ortiz's body three months after he opened a booby-trapped gift basket sent to his family. The explosion severed two toes, damaged his hearing and harmed a promising basketball career.
Police say they are still searching for the assailants. But to the Ortiz family the motive of the attackers is clear: The Ortizes are Jews who believe that Jesus was the Messiah.
Israel's tiny community of Messianic Jews, a mixed group of 10,000 people who include the California-based Jews for Jesus, complains of threats, harassment and police indifference.
--MORE--