Bethlehem bishop: End the injustice

Sunday 25 December 2005

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6AB21AB6-1DEF-49F8-8E0B-D18A03EE63A3.htm

The top Roman Catholic official in Jerusalem used his annual Christmas sermon in Bethlehem to deplore the ongoing injustice that is delaying a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.


Patriarch Michel Sabbah addressed his message to all Israelis and Palestinians as thousands of pilgrims descended on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, which enjoyed its busiest Christmas of the young century, despite icy rain.

Sabbah told worshippers: "To our political leaders, who by their policy can decide for the life or the death of so many in this land, we say: Be builders of life, not of death.

"Any delay of a solution, with the ongoing injustice under its different aspects, the wall, the gates, the prisons or the assassinations, will only add fuel for violence.

...

"We say it again: security for the Israelis means liberty and sovereignty for the Palestinians. These are two interdependent and inescapable realities," said Sabbah who on 11 December led a demonstration by peace activists against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank and prayed for its removal.'

more at link

Wow, what kind of "Christian" does THAT??

...really cares what a Roman Catholic thinks.

:eyes:

(People often forget there are Palestinian Christians equally affected by the occupation.)
“The wall doesn't benefit the security of either Israel or anybody else. Our prayers are for the removal of this physical wall currently under construction and the return of our lands.

“Our hearts are filled with love, and no hatred for anybody. With our faith and love, we demand the removal of this wall. We affirm that it is a mistake and an attack against our lands and our properties, and an attack against friendly relationships between the two people.

“In your faith and your love you shall find a guide for your political action and your resistance against every oppression. You may say that love is an unknown language to politics, but love is possible in spite of all the evil we experience. We shall make it possible!”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051223.wcoaboud24/BNStory/specialComment

Sunday, 25 December 2005, 02:44 GMT

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has urged Christians to visit Bethlehem despite a "blockade" of the West Bank city.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor described the inhabitants of the city, the birthplace of Christ, as "terribly alone" in his Christmas sermon.

It is separated from Jerusalem by Israel's West Bank barrier.

The Archbishop of Westminster was addressing a congregation during midnight mass.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4558684.stm

I do not understand. Because it is from Aljazeera?

Does every post that mentions Israel get moved here?

:shrug: