Original sentence: In 2013 the Catholic abbey was  sprayed with graffiti reading 'Jesus is a monkey' on two separate occasions and automobiles there were vandalized, which Haaretz noted was apparently in retribution for the removal of an illegal Jewish outpost, Havat Ma'on.Popular opinion blamed the Jews for the plague, and violence directed at them erupted throughout the continent.So interfaith marriages are seen as an 'opportunity' to start a positive dialogue [about faith] with the non-Catholic spouse, rather than an occasion to convert him or her.The first Christians were Jewish and the early spread of Christianity was aided by the wide extent of the Jewish diaspora in the Roman Empire.There is generally freedom of religion in Israel, but there are limitations
Edited sentence: In 2013 the Catholic abbey was  sprayed with graffiti reading "Jesus is a monkey" on two separate occasions and automobiles there were vandalized, which Haaretz noted was apparently in retribution for the removal of an illegal Jewish outpost, Havat Ma'on.Popular opinion blamed the Jews as the scapegoat for the plague, and violence directed at them erupted throughout the continent.So interfaith marriages are seen as an 'opportunity' to start a positive dialogue about religious faith with the non-Catholic spouse, rather than an occasion to convert them.The first Christians were likely Jewish and the early spread of Christianity was aided by the wide extent of the Jewish diaspora in the Roman Empire.There is some freedom of religion in Israel, with various limitations for non-jews