Catholic church slams Israel razing of its property

Yahoo ^ | November 5, 2013

[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.

[NYer]

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Tawwal stands amid the ruins of a Palestinian home.

[NYer]

Ping!

[Alex Murphy]

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.

[zipper]

Perhaps they’re still sore over that Jedwabne thing.

/s

[Truthoverpower]

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 !

[Darteaus94025]

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].

[knarf]

Why does that picture look staged ... with the Jedi and token kids and cams all over the place ... ?

[vladimir998]

It was a press conference. Ever hear of those?

[knarf]

touchy this morning ...

I see that now.

[annalex]

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.

[haffast]

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

[vladimir998]

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.

[Alex Murphy]

I’m 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!"

[bonfire]

jedi? He looks like the Grim Reaper!

[knarf]

blind is not stupid.

[Zionist Conspirator]

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.

[Zionist Conspirator]

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!

[Darteaus94025]

Please cite sources.

[Iscool]

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...

[SunkenCiv]

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 don’t 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."