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By making impossible the conduct of worship inside the church the Israelis are accomplishing something not even attempted by the Palestinians, and are badly damaging their case to the world to be the most reliable guarantors of the Holy Places.

By increasing tensions inside the church (which the Israelis are now invading in a psychological sense) this tactic heightens the danger of the clergy inside (consistent with earlier attempts to force them from the complex), and significantly heightens the risk of a violent breakout, giving the lie to the Israeli claim that they want to make peaceful arrests, and needlessly risking lives on all sides, as well as God's house.

The church has ruined its own credibility by refusing to tell these terrorists to get out. I hope the Israelis level it.

"...giving the lie to the Israeli claim that they want to make peaceful arrests, and needlessly risking lives on all sides, as well as God's house."

What planet are you from? They don't want to "arrest" them, they want them all dead.
(As do the majority of Americans.)

By making impossible the conduct of worship inside the church the Israelis are accomplishing something not even attempted by the Palestinians, and are badly damaging their case to the world to be the most reliable guarantors of the Holy Places.

By increasing tensions inside the church (which the Israelis are now invading in a psychological sense) this tactic heightens the danger of the clergy inside (consistent with earlier attempts to force them from the complex), and significantly heightens the risk of a violent breakout, giving the lie to the Israeli claim that they want to make peaceful arrests, and needlessly risking lives on all sides, as well as God's house.

Hope you don't mind my quoting you in your full insanity. For those who may have inadvertently missed it the first time.

By making impossible the conduct of worship inside the church the Israelis are accomplishing something not even attempted by the Palestinians, and are badly damaging their case to the world to be the most reliable guarantors of the Holy Places.

The priest should leave and let the Israelis do what they have to.

By increasing tensions inside the church (which the Israelis are now invading in a psychological sense) this tactic heightens the danger of the clergy inside (consistent with earlier attempts to force them from the complex), and significantly heightens the risk of a violent breakout, giving the lie to the Israeli claim that they want to make peaceful arrests, and needlessly risking lives on all sides, as well as God's house.

See above as to the "danger of the clergy" They are either in there voluntary, in which case it is "You are either with us or..." you know the rest, or they are hostages to be rescued. Which is it?

As t the issue of that being "God’s House" I advise the reading of St. John 4:21-24. We do not even know for sure if this was where Jesus was born. Even if we did, So what? The idea of “Holy Sites” is not to be found in the New Testament.

I do not find that superstition is a good reason for attempting to protect murderers.

a.cricket*Donning flame proof suit*