Posted on 05/27/2014 10:13:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
AP reported Sunday that “Pope Francis delivered a powerful boost of support to the Palestinians during a Holy Land pilgrimage Sunday, repeatedly backing their statehood aspirations, praying solemnly at Israel’s controversial separation barrier and calling the stalemate in peace efforts ‘unacceptable.’”
Not only that, but “Palestinian officials hailed Francis’ decision to refer to the ‘state of Palestine.’ In its official program, the Vatican referred to President Mahmoud Abbas as the president of the ‘state of Palestine,’ and his Bethlehem office as the ‘presidential palace.’ He pointedly called Abbas a ‘man of peace.’”
This is not really all that surprising. After all, this is the Pope who wrote last November that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” If “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence,” then Abbas is certainly a “man of peace.”
Abbas is the “man of peace” who said on March 15, 2013: “As far as I am concerned, there is no difference between our policies and those of Hamas.” He said that while undoubtedly knowing that Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna is quoted in the Hamas Charter as saying: “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.” Hamas’s Al Aqsa TV has featured a music video that proclaimed: “Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah.”
The “man of peace” heads up Fatah, which is hardly more “moderate.” Palestinian Media Watch reported on May 14 that “on one of its official Facebook pages the Fatah movement, which is headed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday posted a warning to Israelis. A sign showed an assault rifle and a map of ‘Palestine’ that included both PA areas and all of Israel. In Arabic, Hebrew, and English it said: ‘Warning. This is a land of a Palestinian state and the occupation to leave immediately’ (English original).”
Likewise, in mid-March, Palestinian official Abbas Zaki, a close friend of the “man of peace,” declared: “These Israelis have no belief, no principles. They are an advanced instrument of evil. They say, the Holocaust, and so on – fine, why are they doing this to us? Therefore, I believe that Allah, will gather them so we can kill them. I am informing the murderer of his death.” Fatah has also vowed to “adhere to the option of armed resistance until the liberation of all of Palestine,” and threatened to “turn the beloved [Gaza] Strip into a graveyard for your soldiers, and we will turn Tel Aviv into a ball of fire.”
On top of all this, the spot where the Pope paused to pray at what AP called “Israel’s controversial separation barrier” – actually its security barrier – featured graffiti referring to the barrier as an “apartheid wall” and comparing Bethlehem to the Warsaw Ghetto. Middle East analyst Tom Gross noted that in reality, “the security barrier, which has saved countless lives, was built to protect Israelis after some 1000 civilians were killed by suicide bombers.” Israel did not build the barrier because of “racism” or a desire to emulate apartheid South Africa — to compare Israel to apartheid South Africa is a monstrous piece of disinformation, as a black South African has explained.
Moreover, Gross points out: “Bethlehem is a relatively prosperous town where restaurants and juice bars are packed, and BMWs, Mercedes and Humvees compete for parking spaces in the center or town. By contrast, 400,000 Jews were herded into the Warsaw Ghetto and those who weren’t beaten or starved to death there, were taken to be exterminated at nearby camps.”
In allowing himself to become an instrument of Palestinian jihad propaganda, and spreading that propaganda himself, the Pope has done a grave disservice to free people and aided and abetted the genocidal jihad against Israel. The damage resulting from his trip is impossible to calculate at this point, but it could be immense. Pope Francis’s jaunt in the “State of Palestine,” was a tremendous show of support for the jihad against Israel, and a dark day for the papacy, the Roman Catholic Church, and free people everywhere.
Is everyone done with the heretic yet?
Say WHAT??!
“Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Francis is an absolute imbecile.
I wonder when someone will explain the Muslim practice of Taqiyya to the Pope. Taqiyya requires Muslims to lie to infidels in such a way that it will further the acceptance of Islam.
Actually His Holiness was misquoted. What he meant was Abbas was a man of piece - a piece of Israel now, a piece of Israel tmorrow, until nothing is left. (Sarcasm).
This Pope is a clueless tool.
I just can’t believe what I am reading here. Oh well, when you elect a commie Pope from South America, I guess this is what you get. Where does Ann Barnhardt stand on the commie pope? Of course, on the other hand, some of the hardcore Jews came out to play in Israel last week and attacked a few churches for sport. I wasn’t expecting that.
Cue the “What the Pope Really Meant” crowd....
RE: Actually His Holiness was misquoted
I’ve noticed this time and again... from homosexuality to income redistribution, and now this, he is ALWAYS being mis-understood and mis-quoted.
I don’t know if he’s as much a heretic as spectacularly out-of-touch.
And his loyal sheeple will say, “Well, English isn’t his first language. The translation isn’t correct.”
Open your eyes already. He’s a leftist.
Yeah. Right.
I was being sarcastic. The man is a fool.
Maybe we should just laugh along.. what we apparently have is the Joe Biden of popes.
Another look.
Here’s what he said, and what he did.
and here is a quote:
of his addresses have focused heavily on the theme of peace.
This morning, he told Palestinian President Abbas and other leaders that “the time has come to put an end to this situation, which has become increasingly unacceptable.”
Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians have broken down over the last year, leading to what the Pope termed “a climate of instability.”
“All of us want peace,” the Pope affirmed at the end of this morning’s liturgy
I doubt very seriously he was misquoted. He obviously doesn’t know about Abbas, and thus spoke out of ignorance. It’s careless on his part.
You have to realize he’s trying to speak for the Palestinians who are Christians first. Like a lot of Popes before him (since Israel was created in 1947). There are still some Christians left, and so he cares about them. They aren’t the ones doing the killing I’m sure.
Again though his words were careless and irresponsible no question. No one can argue with that.
Look out your window, baby, there’s a scene you’d like to catch
The band is playing “Dixie,” a man got his hand outstretched
Could be the Führer
Could be the local priest
You know sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
He got a sweet gift of gab, he got a harmonious tongue
He knows every song of love that ever has been sung
Good intentions can be evil
Both hands can be full of grease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, first he’s in the background, then he’s in the front
Both eyes are looking like they’re on a rabbit hunt
Nobody can see through him
No, not even the Chief of Police
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, he catch you when you’re hoping for a glimpse of the sun
Catch you when your troubles feel like they weigh a ton
He could be standing next to you
The person that you’d notice least
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull
He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull
I can smell something cooking
I can tell there’s going to be a feast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
He’s a great humanitarian, he’s a great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you, honey, and how you like to be kissed
He’ll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that’ve stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Wanna get married? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Somewhere Mama’s weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She’s holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he’s following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Dylan invoked thread. :)
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