‘This Book Galvanized the Murder of Millions’: Israeli Lawmaker Blasted After Tearing Up Copy of the New Testament

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has called on the Israeli Parliament to censure one of its lawmakers for tearing up a copy of the New Testament in his office, and then distributing photos of himself doing it, according to reports.

Ironically coinciding with the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) convention in Washington, D.C., Michael Ben-Ari of the ultranationalist National Union Party was reportedly mailed a copy of the book (along with all of the other MKs) by Christian missionaries.

“This despicable book galvanized the murder of millions of Jews during the Inquisition and during auto-da-fe instances,” he was quoted as saying.

He reportedly continued: “This is an ugly missionary provocation by the church; this book and its senders should be in history’s trash can.”

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