{"id":2367,"date":"2019-12-25T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T16:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2019-12-25T12:53:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T16:53:01","slug":"why-did-israel-just-try-to-poison-the-greek-orthodox-archbishop-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2367","title":{"rendered":"Why did Israel just poison the Greek Orthodox Archbishop in Jerusalem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Report: Palestine Archbishop Atallah Hanna poisoned in Jerusalem<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By: middleeastmonitor.com<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Archbishop Atallah Hanna was reportedly hospitalised yesterday after being poisoned by chemical substances, according to\u00a0<em>Quds TV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said the Archbishop was rushed to hospital after an Israeli gas canister was fired into his church in Jerusalem. He is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/QdsTvSat\/status\/1207406318690209793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1207406318690209793&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fworldnews.easybranches.com%2Fregions%2Fmiddle-east%2F5118896<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190914-archbishop-atallah-warns-against-taking-over-orthodox-real-estate-in-hebron-gate\/\">outspoken<\/a>\u00a0Palestinian Christian leader has been a staunch critic of Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinians and its acts of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=163209\">aggression<\/a> in neighbouring Lebanon and Syria.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> Tried to Assassinate Him<\/p>\n<p>In a fresh <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israeli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israeli<\/a> assassination attempt, Archbishop of Sebastia for Greek Orthodox in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Palestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Palestine<\/a> Atallah Hanna was hospitalized today for suffering of a temporary paralysis after being poisoned by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> in his church in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jerusalem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jerusalem<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Koqtf0wqvw\">pic.twitter.com\/Koqtf0wqvw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; realSeifBitar (@BitarReal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitarReal\/status\/1207612228511444992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hanna was a notable attendee at last month\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20191129-first-global-conference-on-israeli-apartheid\/\">First international Conference on Israeli Apartheid<\/a>\u00a0held at Istanbul. \u201cThe occupation in Jerusalem is treating us as if we are guests and foreigners in our own city. This is the embodiment of apartheid policies and practices against our people in Jerusalem specifically and in Palestine more generally,\u201d he told\u00a0<em>MEMO\u00a0<\/em>in an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20191206-hanna-christians-must-defend-palestine\/\">exclusive interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/worldnews.easybranches.com\/regions\/middle-east\/5118896\">https:\/\/worldnews.easybranches.com\/regions\/middle-east\/5118896<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report: Palestine Archbishop Atallah Hanna poisoned in Jerusalem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}