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#monks protesting

According to various media outlets and the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem's social media posts, Israeli forces assaulted two Egyptian Coptic monks and detained one as they were demonstrating the restoration done at the Deir es-Sultan monastery in Jerusalem. On Wednesday, the Coptic monks were protesting the restoration work which was to be done on Deir es-Sultan by the Israeli government as it would be carried out without the Coptic church's permission. According to Al Ahram, the monks were assaulted…