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J'lem patriarch: Settlement construction 'hampers' peace
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Published: 18.12.13, 20:25
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1. Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, visit to fight Zionism
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (12.18.13)
2. SHOVE your XMAS !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.18.13)
3. Freeze = keep the Jews out. Nothing to do with peace.
Sam ,   Canada   (12.18.13)
4. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (12.18.13)
The Latin Patriarch is correct about the Zionist settlements, but he does not go far enough, unfortunately. The fact is that ALL of so-called Israel is a settlement that stands like a boulder in the way of lasting peace. Remove it, and peace will follow.
5. #1, Sure, right, makes a lot of sense.
Jake   (12.18.13)
Did you take your meds today? Down the hutch. There's a good boy.
6. Freeze = keep the Jews out. Nothing to do with peace.
Sam ,   Canada   (12.18.13)
7. No longer cleric
Marek ,   Praha   (12.18.13)
but bad politician
8. #2 Too tough to hear the truth? LOL
David ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (12.18.13)
9. Really?
Ephraim ,   Jerusalem   (12.18.13)
Christians are abused in every country in the middle east aside from Israel. Is this man insane?
10. "the important thing is not to 'touch' east Jerusalem"
A ,   Belgium   (12.18.13)
I would assume that being a Christian leader whose "flock" is being decimated by the moslem hyenas in the Middle East, that Twal would appreciate the freedom he has to practice his faith in the JEWISH capital city. Apparantly not as he claims it "was occupied in 1967". Maybe its time to boot out the "palestinian" Christians too, along with the moslems. Let them try to practice their faith freely and unhindered in Egypt or Syria.
11. Anything hampers Peace with Muslims. Living Christians too.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (12.18.13)
12. To nr 1 -You mean genocide on Jews and theft of Jewish land?
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (12.18.13)
Genocide on Jews, stealing or denying 4000 years of Jewish history in Israel, stealing the Jewish homeland from the Jewish people and denying Jews equal human, civil, democratic, religious, ethnic, cultural and national rights among all peoples of all creeds and races on this earth - that's what anti-Zionism is. Anti-Zionism = anti-Semitism.
13. # 8 Why is a Swede involved with where Jews build their...
Eyal ,   Israel   (12.18.13)
...cities in their ancient Jewish homeland? Should we Jews interfer with where you Swedes construct your homes in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Kiruna and Uppsala? Israel has more historical rights to Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem than you Swedes will EVER have to Lappland, Scania, Halland, Blekinge and Gotland - lands that Sweden stole from the Sami people and the Danes. Israel has both historical and legal rights to all of Israel and that includes Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Your beloved "Palestinians" have never existed in recorded history and not a single civilization mentions them and they are not mentioned neither by ancient Christian nor ancient Moslem sources. Get yourself a life and stop using your "sympathies" (which you don't have) for the "Palestinians" (which don't exist and aren't native to Israel) as an excuse to hate Jews and Israel and to deny us the right to live and construct cities whereever we wish in our land. Swedish tolerance and democracy? More like Swedish Nazism and imperialism.
14. Is it? Clerics presence in the Land of Israel hampers
Arthur ,   SF, CA   (12.18.13)
redemption...
15. #4 You should be careful what you write, polakius,
A ,   Belgium   (12.18.13)
Christmas is just around the corner, and if you are really a "christian" as you claim to be, you may end up with nothing more than a big pile of hog excrement in your stocking. A well deserved one too.
16. we must build to live
alan ash ,   nyc   (12.19.13)
We must build to live , it is our land and build we must . it will stop them from killing us ,
17. The Palestinian Propaganda Minister ?
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (12.19.13)
I Quote - Top Roman Catholic cleric in Holy Land, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivers Christmas message, says Mideast peace efforts are being 'hampered' by Israeli settlement construction Comment - There was and where no constructions four decades ago, but still no peace. Arn.
18. Bizarro world
(12.19.13)
People who build houses are more of a 'hamper' to peace, then people who blow themselves up in order to kill. what kind of Bizarro world is this?
19. east Jerusalem, which was occupied in 1967
solomon ,   bklyn   (12.19.13)
It was occupied in 1948. Read some history, then speak.
20. #4 graczek - Hahahahahahahahaha...
solomon ,   bklyn   (12.19.13)
You're always good for a laugh.
21. JUST A CONTINUATION OF CENTURIES OF ANTI-SEMITISM
Abraham ben Jacob ,   Winnipeg, CANADA   (12.19.13)
The continuous old hatred against the Jews is being "disguised" and re-packaged as being only against certain Israel policies and by being anti-Zionist. This cleric is just another old fashioned anti- Semite.
22. Christians are being slaughtered all over Arab territories,
tom ,   tel aviv   (12.19.13)
still they cannot overcome their inbred hate of "the Jew", so they'd rather die at the hands of Muslim barbarians, than support their "Elder Brothers". Actually: nothing new here....
23. Nr 13. The Swede is no Swede but a Leftwinger !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (12.19.13)
His oppinion is typical of them. Further - The Sami People - Misstreated by all Swedish Governments - have never had a political entity - as the indians of North-America in comparizon - and - most territories taken from the Danes - they first took from Sweden befor the lost then in War against Sweden again - the Danes has always been Swedens Archenemy in Historical times. Arn.Sweden.
24. "settlements" hamper peace?
tiki ,   belgium   (12.19.13)
Stupidity & hate hamper peace!
25. Islams Dhimmi
Zechariah   (12.19.13)
The problem is Islams Dhimmi which cannot accept Jewish sovereignty .The Jews and Christians have to pay a Protection Tax to be awarded protection under conditions sometimes terrible sometimes Reasonable .This has a greater impact than Jewish settlements at the current level as a land swap with Islamic Israel can get Around this .
26. another opinion
(12.19.13)
So Fuad Twal wants to prevent Jews from living in certain places. Reminds me of an old story about a pregnant Jewish woman who had to sleep in a manger because people like Twal did not like Jews.
27. #26 - excellent!
solomon ,   bklyn   (12.19.13)
28. Jews in Israel Goes Against Church Doctrines
Abraham ben Jacob ,   Winnipeg. Canada   (12.20.13)
The Church has always taught that the Jews were to be punished forever for the death of their Christ and to be exiled forever from Israel. The Jews were no longer deemed the "chosen" people by the Catholic Church which itself is trying to replace the Jews as the "chosen" people.
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