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Pope: Walls don't last forever
Ali Waked
Published: 13.05.09, 19:53
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1. No surprise Pope opposes the safety of Jews.
Cynic ,   USA   (05.13.09)
2. To the Pope:
moriah ,   sacramanto, usa   (05.13.09)
Go home and take your white robe and "kippah" with you. Mind your own business. Haven't you and your co-religionists done enough? Israel is here to stay - you will find that out soon enough. And YOU will have some explaining to do as to why you worship wood and stone and a nearly naked Jew nailed to wood. Was JC a Xitian? Who did he worship? The son of G-d? Ptooie!
3. Land of your forefathers?
Maria ,   MD   (05.13.09)
The Pope himself doesn't know his Bible.Where is Nehemiah when you need him? The Pope doesn't know what he was talking about.Security fence is for protection,Pope.There is not hope in the Pope!
4. Terror is the real dead end
Frank ,   Canada   (05.13.09)
This pope is totally idiotic. The barrier is not a deadend, it's a protection against Arab terror. Ben XVI should say that terror is the real dead end.
5. Pope is right on
James ,   Houston   (05.13.09)
good point from the pope.. walls DON'T last forever. neither do countries (or "countries" shall I say). God willing Palestine will prevaail.
6. Has the Vatican ever had
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (05.13.09)
a problem with suicide bombers? When was the last time Vatican personnel had to go to shelters because you came under missile fire? Anyone ever blow up a bus full in innocent people in Vatican City. No. No. And again no. So, Bennie (or do you go by XVI?), I think you need to shut up. Or at least remember that "good fences make good neighbors." (Quiet ones, at any rate.)
7. Refugee camp
misaac ,   Reston, US   (05.13.09)
Why are these poor people living in a refugee camp 60 years after they lost the war they started? Are there any other refugees, anyplace else in the world who have remained unsettled refugees for 60+ years? Why not call it a "town"?
8. Will someone show him the door...
Al   (05.13.09)
He's like a three day old guest...stinks like a fish..... Go Go Go See Spot Run...
9. Walls !!!!
Ben ,   Monroe USA   (05.13.09)
Tragic the pope says. Tragic is Christianity's lies, echoed to this very day by Christianity's god on earth. In his view, bombing of innocent Jews riding in a bus is OK. Innocent Jews having lunch in a restaurant being murdered is OK. A wall to keep those killers out is not OK. Tell the pope to go back to Rome before another Moslem tries to do to him what was done to his predecessor.
10. "in the land of your forefathers"
tom ,   toronto, canada   (05.13.09)
yes, the paletinians should have a sovereign homeland, IN ARABIA, where their grandfathers came from, and not in the land of the jews!
11. Land of our forefathers....
Arthur ,   SF, CA   (05.13.09)
Certainly it's not the land of arabs... Pope needs some history lessons - or, maybe, he used one of the PA history books describing Yoshka as a pali man..... Who knows? True - walls don't last; neither will the idol worshippers last in the Land of Israel..
12. GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAVID ,   JUDEA   (05.13.09)
Leave our land already and shut your face you pagan.
13. For two thousand years they have been
jason white ,   afula,israel   (05.13.09)
trying to kill the real chosen people. Now the pope shows his gestapo black soul to the world. The pope is our enemy as much as abb-ass or nasrallah. This pope should be put on the next plane to italy and declared personna non grata by Israel. he is following in the church's tradition to have as many Jews murdered as possible. Get out of our JEWISH Holyland and keep out!
14. What about the Jews right to the land of
jason white ,   afula,israel   (05.13.09)
our forefathers? We were around before christians and moslims and will be around after they are gone. It is our Jewish land to do what we want and the arabs are illegal settlers. There will be Jewish blood on the hands of this enemy of the Jews! The rest of his visit should be boycotted by Jews or cut short. Leave our Jewish holyland and go back to your vatican. Never return here again!
15. THIS IS PAPAL BULL...
stude ham   (05.13.09)
this self styled 'emissary of peace' is mouthing the foul rhetoric of israel's enemies... and dancing to the israel's enemies and their propaganda. another papal dud.
16. The Pope is a stooge...
Joe ,   Ramat Gan   (05.13.09)
Why not pray for Hamas and the PA to protect basic human rights for its citizens? Why not pray for the Palestinians to pull their collective head out their collective you-know-what and recognize Israel so a just and meaningful peace can be acheived? Why not pray for actual progress instead of just rehashing tired-out political slogans? If I were a Catholic, this would be the day I ask to be voluntarily excommunicated. "Christ's emissary on earth"- what a load of sh*t...
17. Pope should go home
Brod ,   USA   (05.13.09)
Time for the Pope to go home. He should stop politicking in Israel. If he continues to inflame the conflict, Israel should deport him. Israel does not need a Pagan Chieftain walking in the Holy Land contaminating the place.
18. Torn Down?
shosh ,   los angeles ca usa   (05.13.09)
Israel NEEDS these walls for the security of it's people & Israel. If hamas & the gazans would stop their terrorist acts & recognize Israel as a Jewish State there would be no need for these walls.There will always be some renagades since the hatred continues to exist. shosh/Lea
19.  good neighbors = good fences
M Yokum ,   US   (05.13.09)
I take it the pope wants the fences and walls US is building in California, Arizona etc along the border with Mexico torn down as well. He forgot to mention that. No doubt he forgot to mention that as well-An oversight probably.
20. If the wall saved Cristian or Muslim lives
Gila   (05.13.09)
I'm sure his statement would have been different. His true colors came across very clearly. The wall is tragic because it saves JEWISH lives.
21. During World War II a lot of countries
Maria ,   MD   (05.13.09)
were destroyed,they all started from scratch,but the Palestinians had not caught up with them until now.
22. Palestinians had wasted 60 years!
Maria ,   MD   (05.13.09)
23. The Catholics are worshiping the wrong
Maria ,   MD   (05.13.09)
JESUS.
24. To: James at No. 5
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (05.13.09)
That was very funny. The Palestinians couldn't organize a telephone call, let alone run a country. Look what they did in Gaza. Look at what they've in the areas which they control on the West Bank. Despite the billions and billions of dollars and euros that have poured into them since the creation of the Palestine Authority. A small handful of people have lined their pockets and built very lavish homes in Europe, and a larger handful of people have purchased weapons to use against Israel. Look what Israel achieved in the first twenty years of the modern State, and look what the Palestinians achieved in roughly the same amount of time. The difference, James, is striking. And that is why there will never be a country of Palestine.
25. the Pope Sure Fooled Me
SS ,   Miami   (05.13.09)
I am a diehard Zionist but I have also been a big supporter of improving Vatican/Israeli relations because i do see our two religions as having similar roots and a common enemy, radical Islam. But the Pope's conduct on this trip is a big slap in the face of those of us who supported him. His speech at Yad Vashem was a big disappointment and these kinds of remarks about the safety wall are just outright inflammatory. As a man of religion he should avoid politics. But wait, I just reread his remarks and if he supports a Palestinian state on the land of their forefathers then we really do agree. Let’s send the Palestinians back to Jordan, Lebanon and Syria because Judea and Samaria historically belong to Israel and the Jews. If he wants history he can start in 1 AD when we owned the place and not 1948 when the Arabs roamed around being homeless nomads. Funny there was no Palestine back then and they had the chance to start it. Jesus may forgive him for this crap, but i don't. I guess his indoctrination in the Hitler Youth Corp never goes away.
26. Message To The Pope With Great Love
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (05.13.09)
Piss Off Home.
27. Message To The PAPA
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (05.13.09)
Hospitabilus tempus tropum Interminum non infinitum est.Or ,in plain english,you are overstaying your welcome .
28. Tell It To The Western Wall
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (05.13.09)
"Walls don't last for ever?" What is the difference between Dr.Martens Boots and Walls? : Dr.Martens only last for a lifetime but walls can last for ever...
29. Thank You For The Papal Visit
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (05.13.09)
Missing you already...NOT.
30. Pope Tried To Please All Sides But
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (05.13.09)
Can only end up pleasing none.
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