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Old 10-06-2023, 03:01 PM   #206
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An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel | AP News

I have never heard of Jerusalem Syndrome.

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Instead, Kaufman said, the tourist was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labeled the Jerusalem syndrome. The condition — a form of disorientation believed to be induced by the religious magnetism of the city, which is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims — is said to cause foreign pilgrims to believe they are figures from the Bible.

Evidently, there are tensions between two of the religious groups in Israel.

Israeli police arrest suspects for spitting near Christian pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem | AP News
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