Remains of Mamilla Reservoir in Jerusalem where thousands of Christians were massacred.

“IN THE Other Face of Israel, Israel Shamir recalls the conquest of Palestine by the Persians, in the 7th century. In 614, Palestine formed part of the Byzantine Empire, which had succeeded the Roman Empire. The Jews of Palestine, he explains, allied themselves with their fellow Jews in Babylon to lend support to the Persians in their conquest of the Holy Land. An estimated 26,000 Jews participated in the offensive. After the Persian victory, the Jews perpetrated ‘a massive holocaust’: ‘They burned churches and monasteries, killed monks and priests and burned books … [This was] the most frightful year in the history of Palestine, right up until the 20th century,’ writes Shamir, who cites Oxford University Professor Henry Hart Milman: ‘It was here at last, the long-awaited hour of triumph and vengeance. The Jews did not miss their chance, and they washed away the profanation of the holy city in the blood of Christians.’ According to Shamir, they purchased Christian prisoners from the Persians and murdered them in the reservoir of Mamilla, a district in Jerusalem. ‘In the city of Jerusalem alone, the Jews massacred between 60,000 and 90,000 Palestinian Christians … A few days later, having understood the scope of the massacre, Persian soldiers prevented the Jews from pursuing their exactions … The genocide of 614 A.D was the most terrible, but it was not the only genocide perpetrated by the Jews in this chaotic period of history.'”

— Jewish Fanaticism, Herve Ryssen, p. 226

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