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Catholic church slams Israel razing of its property
Yahoo ^
| November 5, 2013
Posted on 11/05/2013 8:43:29 PM PST by NYer
Jerusalem (AFP) - The head of the Roman Catholic church in the Holy Land protested Tuesday against Israel's demolition of a church-owned property in annexed east Jerusalem, saying it eroded chances for peace.
"This act is against the law, against justice and against humanity, against any ideology upon which peace can be built and increases segregation and hate," Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fuad Tawwal told journalists at the site of the demolition.
Israeli security forces and bulldozers arrived at the house at 5:00 am (0300 GMT) on Monday with a previously unseen demolition order, claiming it had been built without a permit, according to its residents -- a family of 14.
But Tawwal said the property, on Jerusalem's southeastern edge close to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, had been standing since before 1967, when Israel seized Arab east Jerusalem in the Six-Day War.
"We didn't receive any orders for the demolition" beforehand, Tawwal added.
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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: israel
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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Tawwal stands amid the ruins of a Palestinian home.
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posted on
11/05/2013 8:43:29 PM PST
by
NYer
To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...
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posted on
11/05/2013 8:43:53 PM PST
by
NYer
("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
To: All
Israeli security forces and bulldozers arrived at the house at 5:00 am (0300 GMT) on Monday with a previously unseen demolition order, claiming it had been built without a permit, according to its residents -- a family of 14. But Tawwal said the property, on Jerusalem's southeastern edge close to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, had been standing since before 1967, when Israel seized Arab east Jerusalem in the Six-Day War. "We didn't receive any orders for the demolition" beforehand, Tawwal added. Palestinians, according to the photo caption.
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posted on
11/05/2013 8:49:14 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: NYer
Perhaps they’re still sore over that Jedwabne thing.
/s
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posted on
11/05/2013 9:30:22 PM PST
by
zipper
("The Second Amendment IS my carry permit!" -- Ted Nugent)
To: Alex Murphy
Go Israel.
Everyone else in that damn neighborhood is pure frikkin evil
Times 100
No kidding
Even the kids strap bombs to themselves
Geezh
Islamonazis masquerading as cathloics ping !
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posted on
11/05/2013 9:39:44 PM PST
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the guvmint you deserve)
To: NYer
Deal is, over there, most Christians are Arabs. Additionally, there are the 8M Israelis, 6M are Jews and there are 80M Egyptians, 6.5M Jordanians, etc.
So, ME born Arab Christians put their loyalty with [connect dots now].
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posted on
11/05/2013 10:02:42 PM PST
by
Darteaus94025
(Fascist President)
To: NYer
Why does that picture look staged ... with the Jedi and token kids and cams all over the place ... ?
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posted on
11/05/2013 10:05:44 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: knarf
It was a press conference. Ever hear of those?
To: vladimir998
touchy this morning ...
I see that now.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:45:53 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: Darteaus94025
The loyalty of any Christian is with the Church and should remain so.
This is a good illustration why. The government is always there with its bulldozer, and the Church, with her tears.
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:16:20 AM PST
by
annalex
(fear them not)
To: NYer
Catholic Patriarch: Christmas Marks ‘Birth of Palestine State’
Arutz Sheva - Israel National News ^ | First Publish: 12/24/2012, 9:41 PM | Chana Ya’ar
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Jerusalem has added something new this year to the liturgy: Patriarch Fouad Twal declared the holiday of “Christmas is also a celebration of
the birth of the state of Palestine.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972056/posts
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:19:30 AM PST
by
haffast
(Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.)
To: knarf
You see that it was a press conference? I hope so. I’m not touchy this morning. I always hate stupidity - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
To: vladimir998; knarf
Im not touchy this morning. I always hate stupidity - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.A man goes to the doctor, and says "Doctor, please help me. I hurt all over."
The doctor asked the man to explain more.
The man said, "When I touch my arm, it hurts. When I touch my leg, it hurts. When I touch my head, it hurts. Everywhere I touch, it hurts."
The doctor examined the man, and said "Mr. Smith, I know your problem. Your finger is broken!"
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posted on
11/06/2013 6:28:02 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: knarf
jedi? He looks like the Grim Reaper!
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posted on
11/06/2013 7:14:11 AM PST
by
bonfire
To: vladimir998
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posted on
11/06/2013 7:29:08 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: knarf
Why does that picture look staged ... with the Jedi and token kids and cams all over the place ... ?The "Jedi" looks like an Armenian cleric. Those are the robes they wear.
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posted on
11/06/2013 7:56:14 AM PST
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
To: Darteaus94025; haffast; All
As I often say (and no one believes), this is the face of historical, traditional chrstianity. American style pro-Jewish Biblical Fundamentalism is an
anomaly with no roots in the chrstian past. Its origin is the lack of history of American Fundamentalists which causes them to impose their "chrstendom" onto the "old testament." Ie, instead of Constantine, they have David. This is also why American Fundamentalists, who reject traditional chrstian holidays vociferously, are drawn to
Biblical holidays.
On top of that, the indigenous chrstians of the Middle East are the most anti-Semitic in the world, and because of political correctness they never get called on it.
For the blue-zillionth time, my dear pro-Jewish Fundamentalist friends, please take some time to examine your assumptions and consider if you're in the wrong religion!
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posted on
11/06/2013 8:02:14 AM PST
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
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posted on
11/06/2013 11:49:07 AM PST
by
Darteaus94025
(Fascist President)
To: NYer
So it housed a Palestinian family and was supposedly owned by the Catholic religion...Problem is, God already owns that piece of land and he did not/will not sell to anyone including the Catholic religion...
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:36:35 PM PST
by
Iscool
Jordan ethnically cleansed eastern Jerusalem (and Jordan itself, along with the "West Bank") in 1948, and since 1967's victory in battle, the Israeli gov't has been, if anything, far too slow and deliberate in evicting the illegal Arab occupiers of Jewish-owned properties in eastern Jerusalem. Naturally, there's not a peep out this joker about any of that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouad_Twal Fouad Twal (Arabic: البطريرك فؤاد طوال) (born 23 October 1940 in Madaba, Jordan[1]) is a Palestinian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since June 2008... In 2008, he explained his understanding of the situation of Israel and the Palestinian Territories and their people: "We receive a lot of help and we are grateful but at the same time we say we need more. What we need is peace. We dont only want to be a begging Church, we don't want to be beggars with a licence. I don't like this. We need a political horizon, it's time to put an end to the Wall, the Checkpoints, it's time for a Palestinian State, it's time for an end to our problems with visas."
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posted on
11/06/2013 8:40:20 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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