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8/12/2025, 3:00:44 AM
>The violence has not been confined to Taybeh. Just days earlier, three young Palestinians were killed in a similar assault on the nearby Muslim village of Kafr Malik. When residents of Taybeh called emergency coordination centers — twice — no help arrived.
>“They didn’t protect us, they didn’t stop the settlers,” Fr. Bashar said, attributing the inaction to political and military ties between the army and settler groups.
>In response, on July 14, leaders of the Greek Orthodox Church, Melkite Catholic Church, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem made a joint visit to Taybeh and issued a rare unified statement.
>“Even in times of war, sacred places must be protected,” they wrote. “We call for an immediate and transparent investigation into why the Israeli police did not respond to emergency calls from the local community and why these abhorrent actions continue to go unpunished.”
>'We believe in ourselves'
>The Churches condemned what they described as a systematic pattern of anti-Christian violence in the region, and called on international leaders — including diplomats, politicians, and Church figures — to speak out.
>“Let us be clear,” the statement read. “The attacks must stop, both here in Taybeh and elsewhere throughout the West Bank.”
>Taybeh’s population has dwindled from 15,000 to just a few hundred, as war and instability push families to leave. Ten more families have fled since the October escalation.
>“They didn’t protect us, they didn’t stop the settlers,” Fr. Bashar said, attributing the inaction to political and military ties between the army and settler groups.
>In response, on July 14, leaders of the Greek Orthodox Church, Melkite Catholic Church, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem made a joint visit to Taybeh and issued a rare unified statement.
>“Even in times of war, sacred places must be protected,” they wrote. “We call for an immediate and transparent investigation into why the Israeli police did not respond to emergency calls from the local community and why these abhorrent actions continue to go unpunished.”
>'We believe in ourselves'
>The Churches condemned what they described as a systematic pattern of anti-Christian violence in the region, and called on international leaders — including diplomats, politicians, and Church figures — to speak out.
>“Let us be clear,” the statement read. “The attacks must stop, both here in Taybeh and elsewhere throughout the West Bank.”
>Taybeh’s population has dwindled from 15,000 to just a few hundred, as war and instability push families to leave. Ten more families have fled since the October escalation.
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