{"id":6940,"date":"2016-06-18T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=6940"},"modified":"2016-06-18T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T17:48:32","slug":"africans-facing-genocide-are-making-a-modern-day-exodus-fleeing-through-the-sinai-but-the-israeli-government-has-no-time-for-non-jewish-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2016\/06\/18\/africans-facing-genocide-are-making-a-modern-day-exodus-fleeing-through-the-sinai-but-the-israeli-government-has-no-time-for-non-jewish-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Africans facing genocide are making a modern-day Exodus, fleeing through the Sinai. But the Israeli government has no time for non-Jewish asylum seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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M<\/span><\/span>ore than two million Christian pilgrims make the trip to Israel every year. They are corralled up the Via Dolorosa<\/a>, via the trinket shops, and into the church of the Holy Sepulchre<\/a>, where Orthodox monks have regular punch-ups over who gets to sweep the floor. Well-fed Americans gather around their floppy Bibles by the trickle of the Jordan river. The braver ones are even shepherded over the separation barrier into Palestine and make their way to Bethlehem, mostly ignoring the local Arab Christians. They generally go in groups, with fannypacks and rightwing tour guides and sweaty overdressed clergy. This is the religious Disneyland of much Christianity in Israel.<\/p>\n