{"id":299182,"date":"2026-02-19T12:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299182\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:44:09","slug":"israeli-colonizers-attack-church-in-occupied-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299182\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Colonizers Attack Church in Occupied Jerusalem |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli illegal paramilitary colonizers attacked the Church of the Visitation on Thursday in the depopulated Palestinian village of Ein Karem in occupied Jerusalem, vandalizing the site and defacing nearby property.<\/p>\n<p>The Jerusalem Governorate reported that a group of colonizers invaded the church grounds, wrote racist slogans on its exterior walls, and sprayed similar graffiti on vehicles parked near the site.<\/p>\n<p>|<a title=\"Permalink to: Updated: Israeli Colonizer Causes Damage To Church, Try To Burn It, 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