Israeli Yisca Harani, who helped initiate the Religious Freedom Data Center hotline for anti-Christian attacks, is seen October 5, 2023, standing outside the Catholic Church of Ecce Homo on the Via Dolorosa, the Way of the Cross. On the third anniversary of the centre’s operations, Harani said there has been a steep increase of incidents of harassment against Christians in Israel over the past year. Photo: OSV News photo/Debbie Hill. Sr Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem’s Old City — but she’s now accompanied by a Jewish volunteer for protection. Many Christians in Israel, who make up less than 2% of the country’s population, are worried visible signs of…
