Messianic Jews who believe in Jesus say they are persecuted in the Jewish state
By LAURIE COPANS
The Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel
Safety pins and screws are still lodged in 15-year-old Ami Ortiz's body three months after he opened a booby-trapped gift basket sent to his family. The explosion severed two toes, damaged his hearing and harmed a promising basketball career.
Police say they are still searching for the assailants. But to the Ortiz family the motive of the attackers is clear: The Ortizes are Jews who believe that Jesus was the Messiah.
Israel's tiny community of Messianic Jews, a mixed group between ten thousand to fourteen thousand, complain of threats, harassment and police indifference.
In October, a mysterious fire damaged a Jerusalem Christian church used by Messianic Jews, and last month ultra- Orthodox Jews torched a stack of Christian holy books distributed by missionaries. read more
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