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In Land of Jesus, Christians Struggle [And blame the USA]
Newhouse News ^ | 8/1/2006 | Steve Chambers

Posted on 08/01/2006 12:07:13 PM PDT by Incorrigible

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Sounds like some of the Christians in the West Bank have come down with a dose of the Stockholm syndrome.  Then again, it could just be the reporting. 

I personally know an Orthodox Christian from Ramallah who would echo the sentiments of those quoted in this article.  Though I also know several Coptic Christians from Egypt who would probably argue with them!

 

1 posted on 08/01/2006 12:07:14 PM PDT by Incorrigible
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To: Incorrigible

Thought at first it was a story about the Presbyterian Church.


2 posted on 08/01/2006 12:08:45 PM PDT by jwalburg (It wasn't the Executive that Thomas Jefferson referred to as "the Despotic Branch.")
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To: Incorrigible

What part of being an infidel do the ME Christians not understand.


3 posted on 08/01/2006 12:11:13 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (999-TNS)
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"We voted for Hamas because the other party (Fatah) are thieves,"

Yeah, if I had the choice between THIEVES and MURDERING TERRORISTS, I would also.... moron idiots!


4 posted on 08/01/2006 12:13:44 PM PDT by observer5 ("Better violate the rights of a few sometimes, than of all always!!)
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To: Incorrigible
Zeidan and other Christians interviewed downplayed tensions between Christians and Muslims, arguing they have much more in common with each other than with Israeli Jews.

Until they have killed all of the Jews, then guess whose next up on the chopping block, unless one is willing to betray Christ and embrace Satan's favorite pet Allah.

5 posted on 08/01/2006 12:14:12 PM PDT by TheKidster
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"All the people want peace, even Hamas," he said.

As long as all the Jews are exterminated and the rest of the infidels live as third class citizens under allah...

6 posted on 08/01/2006 12:15:38 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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blame the United States for failing to bring peace

Yeah, we've got some extra peace in the back room, don't we? Just wave the magic wand and make it happen.

7 posted on 08/01/2006 12:16:04 PM PDT by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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They have been abandoned though, I don't hear much from the American Christian community about helping them out. They are definitely getting the short end of the stick in all this!


8 posted on 08/01/2006 12:16:04 PM PDT by TheKidster
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9 posted on 08/01/2006 12:18:30 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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To: Incorrigible

I think that the ME Christians have a burden we cannot easily understand. I do not like to see them sympathizing with Hamas, but they are struggling--big time. Some of them are staying even though they could come to the US just so that God can use them as a light in the darkness. I think I'd have periods of questioning, too, in their circumstances. In fact, I've questioned God during my life for a lot less reason than what they are experiencing! They are our brothers and sisters and we should support them. That doesn't mean always agreeing--do we agree always with our brothers and sisters here? But we need to support them in prayer.


10 posted on 08/01/2006 12:18:48 PM PDT by twigs
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'Peace' with these Dark Ages savages basically means - Kill All The Jews. They might as well get matching tattoos or something since their agenda hasn't changed in 50 years. But if we could go back 50 years, we would find that nobody gave a damn about these crazy turbin wearing nutballs because the oil hadn't yet become a source of immense wealth and political ability to export their insanity.

Virtually anything which can replace oil is worth doing if we can bankrupt these countries and remove the only thing which makes them relevant in any way. We can start by using our own oil and forcing any Dems or RINOs who don't allow drilling here to spend a few months in Gaza to see why we shouldn't be buying oil from the Gulf.

11 posted on 08/01/2006 12:20:20 PM PDT by bpjam (Remember our fallen Marines from Beirut. Hezbollah deserves no peace.)
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Many of them blame the United States for failing to bring peace and stability to the region

Lot's of direct quotes in the article and only one comes even close to this bold statement.

12 posted on 08/01/2006 12:26:34 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
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Lessee. These Christian Einsteins vote in Hamas, knowing Hamas stands for one thing, a war to obliterate Israel. Hamas starts a war with Israel, despite Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and intention to withdraw from the West Bank. Whose fault is the war? The idiots who voted in Hamas? Of course not, it's Bush's fault.

So what do the Einsteins' children do about this? Why, immigrate to America, of course, the land Bush governs.

I guess this makes sense to someone.

13 posted on 08/01/2006 12:28:41 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Incorrigible

They may be Christians but they are also Arabs, steeped in Jew hatred.


14 posted on 08/01/2006 12:31:33 PM PDT by lady lawyer
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>>>>>They have been abandoned though, I don't hear much from the American Christian community about helping them out. They are definitely getting the short end of the stick in all this!

Yes, they are. You are exactly right.

15 posted on 08/01/2006 12:32:23 PM PDT by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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"All the people want peace, even Hamas," he said."

People that stupid deserve Darwin Awards, not sympathy.

16 posted on 08/01/2006 12:37:13 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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"Yeah, if I had the choice between THIEVES and MURDERING TERRORISTS, I would also."

In his mind you did the exact same thing. Instead of voting for the thieves (Democrats), you voted for the murdering terrorists (Republicans).

17 posted on 08/01/2006 12:39:22 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Incorrigible

I have read other articles about the Palestinian Christians siding with the Muslims. It probably is Stockholm Syndrome.


18 posted on 08/01/2006 1:04:26 PM PDT by PghBaldy (The Unabomber & Eric Rudolph were lone individuals who committed terrorist acts)
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Well, they're the ones that live there, maybe naming the source of their trouble as they see it. But it is sure a lot safer to criticize Israel than it is to criticize Hamas, or Islam, or Jihadism.

Mrs VS


19 posted on 08/01/2006 2:09:21 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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To: PghBaldy

A Wall Street Journal article this week mentioned that when Moslem terrorists in Iraq find out about Iraqis living in the US they hold their Iraqi relatives for ransom and threaten to kill them unless they come up with tens of thousands. And otherwise it's torture.


20 posted on 08/01/2006 2:14:00 PM PDT by jwalburg (It wasn't the Executive that Thomas Jefferson referred to as "the Despotic Branch.")
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