An Israeli Jewish woman has been filmed spitting at the entrance to Saint James Monastery in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter, in another apparent act of religious hostility targeting one of the Armenian Church’s holiest sites, 301 correspondent Kegham Balian reports.

According to the footage described, the woman looked inside the monastery, appeared to recognize it as a Christian religious site, and deliberately spat at its entrance.

The latest incident follows months of repeated harassment, desecration, and attacks targeting Armenian Christians and their religious institutions in Jerusalem.

On August 2, six Jewish Israelis were arrested after spitting at the monastery, banging on its gates, and throwing stones at the compound. In September, another man was filmed attempting to urinate against the monastery wall. On October 29, an Israeli man spat at the entrance and verbally abused an Armenian security guard who confronted him.

The Religious Freedom Data Center documented 106 acts of harassment across 96 incidents between July and September 2026. Of the 77 incidents recorded inside Jerusalem’s Old City, 45 occurred on Armenian Patriarchate Street, highlighting the disproportionate harassment faced by the Armenian community.

Saint James Monastery houses the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and stands at the center of an Armenian Christian presence dating back approximately 1,700 years.

Despite repeated incidents and arrests, concerns remain over the effectiveness of Israeli authorities’ response and the lack of consistent legal accountability for religious harassment.