The Israel Police have opened a probe into a letter of condolence sent by the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Palestinian Archbishop Atallah Hanna, to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon, Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster reported on Wednesday.
“In just a few days, Lebanon will witness a great and exceptional event: the funeral of His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and the martyrs who stood with him,” the Christian leader wrote in the missive to the Iranian-backed terror army, according to a translation by The Cradle.
“We, from Jerusalem, stand in reverence and honor for the sacrifices made by Sayyed Hassan and his companions, those who stood with Palestine, defended it, and paid a heavy price for it,” he continued. “All Palestinians are loyal to the sacrifices of Sayyed Hassan and his comrades.”
The slain Hezbollah terror mastermind is scheduled to be buried on Feb. 23, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
In May 2022, Religious Zionism Party head Bezalel Smotrich called for a criminal investigation of Atallah Hanna over his participation in a virtual conference organized by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The meeting was also attended by the leaders of various terrorist groups, including Nasrallah, Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Ziyad al-Nakhala and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s Talal Naji.
During the call, participants emphasized their loyalty to the Iranian worldview and commitment to the “liberation of Jerusalem from the hands of the Zionists.”
