Israel: Maronite priest says ‘We Christians are loyal citizens of the State of Israel’
JAN 3, 2024 1:30 PM
BY ROBERT SPENCER
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There are some Jew-hating Christian clerics who will be enraged and appalled by this, but they should take it up with Father Yousef Yakoub.
The meeting in question ran along predictable lines, as Herzog repeated the currently dominant fantasies regarding Islam, with no demurral from the assembled Christian leaders. The “moderate Islam” to which he refers does not exist, and has never actually been seen.
“Herzog: Hamas atrocities ‘incompatible’ with Jesus’s teachings,” JNS, December 24, 2023:
Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Christian leaders that the massacre carried out by Hamas on Oct. 7 is incompatible with the teaching of Jesus and the basic tenets of the Jewish faith as well as moderate Islam.
“Evil forces of the worst kind carried out a barbaric, sadistic attack, killing innocent women, children, old people, young people, people from 40 nationalities, taking hostages, raping, chopping heads, burning people and more,” Herzog said at a meeting with Christian leaders in the Holy Land on Thursday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem ahead of Christmas.
“Nothing of this is compatible with the Gospels, with the writing of the Gospels, with the teaching of Jesus Christ, or the teachings of course of the Jewish faith, and also with moderate Islam,” he said.
“Our problem—all of us—is with extreme fundamentalist Islam, which does not accommodate you or us. It’s an expression of an empire of evil that emanates from Tehran, which believes in jihadist ideology, which we all have to eradicate. And that is why this war was forced upon us,” Herzog said…. |
