Probably not. Reading through this thread you can get a pretty good idea of what happened. If any of these "Christian" tourists file a complaint, I would seriously doubt their credibility.
A New Testament Christian is promised persecution. They are also directed to rejoice at that persecution. These themes are repeated myriad times through the New Testament. The verses are too many to post here. Any Christian at Free Republic knows what I am talking about.
These people walked into the Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She'arim with evangelism on their mind, disregarding the cultural norms (posted even!) of the neighborhood. They were asked to stop. They didn't. They got thumped. Oh well. Drive on. All part of it.
If any of these tourists file complaints—regardless if anybody thinks the Mea She'arim community was wrong—I would certainly doubt the caliber of their Christianity (and I'm being restrained).
As far as this incident annoying the wider community of Jews, that is something for the Jewish community to address, as many of the Jews at FR have done.
Like Bella Bru said, why aren't these people preaching in downtown Gaza?
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