Church heads against Israeli 'racist bill that will harm Christians'
"When the entire Christians world is preparing for Christmas, the State of Israel cynically and purposely decided to raise a racist bill that will selectively harm Christians in Israel."
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Metropolitan Theophilos (center), blesses the crowd during the Washing of the Feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 28, ahead of Orthodox Easter(photo credit: REUTERS)ByGIL HOFFMAN