Posted on 06/26/2015 12:51:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Vatican on Friday signed an historic first accord with “Palestine,” two years after officially recognizing the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a state.
The accord, a treaty covering the life and activity of the Church in Judea and Samaria, was the first since the Vatican made the controversial step of recognition in February 2013. It also recognizes the PA as having authority in eastern Jerusalem, the undivided capital of the Jewish state. […]
Signing international treaties unilaterally is a breach of the 1993 Oslo Accords which created the PA. […]
The agreement appears to ignore the fact that Christians have been systematically persecuted under the PA, which has caused the Christian population in Bethlehem to nearly disappear from 60% in 1990 to 15% last year. …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Must be a lot of cute Pali boys.
Good Catholics need to financially cut that place off.
On the same day the scotus issues its ‘landmark’ decision.....
...things are moving fast, aren’t they?
What was that about Peter The Roman? >:(
My thought exactly.
The agreement appears to ignore the fact that Christians have been systematically persecuted under the PA, which has caused the Christian population in Bethlehem to nearly disappear from 60% in 1990 to 15% last year.Thanks Olog-hai. Paliphile ping.
First lying about Climate Change to the world and now turning his back on Israel.
What a bunch of Papal Bull!
According to Justus Reid Weiner of Hebrew University, in July 2012, a court in Jericho sentenced a Christian to a month of imprisonment for eating in public during Ramadan. “Five other people were also arrested for the same conduct. The chairman of the PA Supreme Court for Sharia Law stated: ‘We have to monitor the streets, and severely punish anyone who eats in public during Ramadan. This is the responsibility of the security forces…I call upon other non-Muslims to be considerate of Muslims’ feelings.’”Sanctioning the pseudostate of “Palestine” of course sanctions all that.
This is in sharp contrast to Western societies, where the majority is usually called upon to be considerate of the minority.
“The Palestinian Land Law prescribes the death penalty for selling land to Jews. Various Christians have testified that it is also enforced if land is sold to Christians. Several Christian owners have been extorted to give up their land to Muslims. In practice, the legal system in the Palestinian territories provides them no recourse,” said Weiner.
The jurist added: “Steve Khoury, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bethlehem, said in May 2013, that Christians are facing continuous harassment. Due to this, many of them refrain from bearing crosses in public and carrying Bibles. He added that they are often told by Muslims to ‘(c)onvert to Islam. It’s the true and right religion.’ Khoury’s church has been fire-bombed fourteen times.”
“In December 2013,” Weiner continued, “Samir Qumsieh, a Christian community leader from Beit Sahour near Bethlehem provided several examples of the intimidation the Christian community faces. He showed some examples of souvenirs sold by Christians around Bethlehem’s Manger Square, including t-shirts of the Church of Nativity which do not bear crosses as would be customary. On another occasion Qumsieh stated: ‘We are harassed, but you would not know the truth. No one says anything publicly about the Muslims. This is why Christians are running away.’”
Obama and Iran.
Thanks Olog-hai.
Already one pope too late for that failed “prophecy” - it was supposed to be #112.
This pope is a piece of work, all right.
What? Benedict was #112, you say? There have been more than 260 Popes.
Except for the tombs of some martyrs, the Vatican has never been one of the Church’s “holy sites.” But evil is really, really having a romp there now. It is being run like a banana republic, with goons strong-arming journalists and scientists, to post office boxes being robbed, etc., etc.
Maybe this September timeframe I keep hearing about is looking more and more accurate...
We know Israel will sign the peace agreement at some point but under who... netanyahu, bennett, etc?
Is it wrong for me to pray that this Marxist demon is struck by lightning?
Well, think of stuff like that in light of Jude 1:9.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.