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Greek Orthodox church aims to block property sale in Israel
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Published: 13.08.17, 08:42
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1. What happened to the ancient church in Nineva?
MadDad ,   Johannesburg   (08.13.17)
Does the Greek Orthodox Church only care when a church is sold to Jews?
2. What happened to the Christians of South Lebanon?
MadDad ,   Johannesburg   (08.13.17)
Does the Orthodox Church only care when a church is sold to Jews?
3. But No problem sellin their properties to...MOSLEMS !
GreekArabAntiSemites ,   Jerusalem Israel   (08.13.17)
Just dont sell to Jews but no problem for Greek Orthodox Arab
Christians to sell their properties to Moslems then cry the
Jews are forcing them out of Jerusalem. The so called
"Christian Quarter Road" in Jerusalem's Old City is 90%
MOSLEMS as Christian Arabs mostly Greek Orthodox sold
their properties for big $ years ago to MOSLEMS it should
be called the "Moslem Quarter Road" not the "Christian
Quarter Road" Moslems stab us with knives their
Christian "brothers & sisters" stab us with their tongues.
check out on Google "Anti Semitism among Middle
Eastern Christians" and by the way no one questions
their absolute support in Syria of the murderous Assad
as long as he protects them he can kill half a million
Moslems so much for "Christian Love"
4. the state should compulsory purchase all church land
zionist forever   (08.13.17)
These properties are not places of worship they are investment properties and it is wrong that now Israel is a state not a province of Christiian or Muslim empires that its real estate should remain in the hands of churches who only want the property for investment purposes.
If its bing used as a holy place then yes let them keep it but it had no religious value the state should force them to sell same way they force ordinary people to sell their homes if the state needs to demolish them for a major project.
5. Absurd
no one ,   nowhere   (08.13.17)
Why should the Greek Orthodox Church own land in Israel? Let the Rabbinate own land in Athens, and the Greek islands. Do Jews own land in vatican city? Do Jews own land in Mecca and Medina? Do Muslims own land in vatican city?

This is not a Greek country, not a byzantine one, not an Arab one, not an Armenian one, etc... etc...

Respect for religious properties fine, the rest no way. The absurdity that the land of the very Knesset is owned by a non-Israeli entity is ludacris.

I really hope this is apparent to anyone with a modicum of reason.
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