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The Roman Catholic Church demanded action against "price tag" attacks on Catholic sites in Israel, according to AFP.
Graffiti reading "Death to Arabs and Christians" was scrawled on the offices of the Assembly of Bishops at the Notre Dame center, a Vatican-owned complex near Jerusalem's Old City, on Monday, AFP reported.
"Heads of the Churches in the Holy Land are preparing a series of actions aimed at informing local and international public opinion, and to make the authorities and law officials aware of their responsibilities," AFP quoted the Latin patriarchate as saying.
The Notre Dame center attack is just one example of the rising wave of hate crimes against Muslims and Christians in Israel, both within and outside the Green Line
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Cath ... ign-351641
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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The wheels are really coming off the cart. The latest report from former Israeli ambassador Michael Oren’s forthcoming book is that he says Jewish journalists have a disproportionate role in American media (Surprise!) but they verge on anti-Semitism in their criticisms of Israel and its rightwing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Oren gets vicious:Pondering what could drive Jews to “nitpick” at what he describes as their own “nation-state”, Oren claims that some “saw assailing Israel as a career enhancer – the equivalent of Jewish man bites Jewish dog – that saved several struggling pundits from obscurity….
Our own nation-state. This is of course why Oren moved there from the United States– and now is a member of the Israeli parliament– he believed it was his country. And he expects us to hold the fort in the U.S. for our own little piece of heaven in the Middle East, and keep the checks coming.
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/06/journalis ... Oww4a.dpuf
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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Ultra-Orthodox men often avoid the workforce and collect welfare stipends while continuing to study religion full time. Due to its high birthrates and unemployment, the ultra-Orthodox community is among the poorest in Israel. Ultra-Orthodox leaders insist their young men serve the nation through prayer.
The previous government passed landmark legislation that aimed to gradually incorporate the ultra-Orthodox into the military and boost their employment figures. Now, with the insular ultra-Orthodox parties back in government, they are determined to roll back those measures.
A separate Finance Ministry report warns that these trends could lead Israel toward Greece-style bankruptcy. The report says that if Israel fails to integrate the ultra-Orthodox and Arabs into the workforce, government revenues will increasingly lag behind spending as tax revenues shrink.
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articl ... ic-fallout
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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Metsfanmax wrote:saxitoxin wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:saxi, no one uses the Rubber Bowl anymore. I too would be very confused if anyone targeted it with the blimp they hijacked.
When my g/f Esmerelda runs out of birth control pills her vag is the rubber bowl.
Isn't Es like 70 years old? Why would she need birth control pills?
saxitoxin wrote:A verse from a Hebrew prayer denouncing the worship of "false gods" was spraypainted in red on a church wall, suggesting Jewish zealots were responsible.
AN arson attack on a church in Israel revered as the site of a miracle by Jesus Christ is part of a deepening cycle of violence against Christians, according to a Holy Land bishop who fears worse is to come. Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said the attack on Thursday, 18th June) on the Catholic Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves close to the Sea of Galilee increases his concerns that extremist Jews are out to target other faith communities, notably Christians.
In a message to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need which helped build an oratory on the site, Bishop Shomali said the incident increased his fears that extremist Jews "are increasing in number and in the degree of intolerance". He said: "There is a real escalation in the anti-Christian violence, from a small fire which leaves little damage to a bigger fire and finally to an arson which intends to produce great damage and even killing. We are allowed to ask: what will happen next?"
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=27741
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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The General Delegation of the PLO to the US strongly condemns the attack on the historic Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha in Israel. This is a price tag attack of habitual hostility and disregard for religious freedoms. The Israeli government, which in the past has failed to hold perpetrators accountable or to punish them for their attacks, must abide by international law and provide protection for religious and holy sites under its control. The international community must pressure the Israeli government to apprehend those responsible and punish them for their actions.
http://plodelegation.us/2015/06/5582/
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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saxitoxin wrote:Serbia is a RUDE DUDE
may not be a PRUDE, but he's gotta 'TUDE
might not be LEWD, but he's gonna get BOOED
RUDE
riskllama wrote:can u post that haaretz article, saxi? it won't let me read it...
Spazz Arcane wrote:If birds could swim and fish could fly I would awaken in the morning to the sturgeons cry. If fish could fly and birds could swim I'd still use worms to fish for them.
saxitoxin wrote:I'm on Team GabonX
Spazz Arcane wrote:If birds could swim and fish could fly I would awaken in the morning to the sturgeons cry. If fish could fly and birds could swim I'd still use worms to fish for them.
saxitoxin wrote:I'm on Team GabonX
riskllama wrote:can u post that haaretz article, saxi? it won't let me read it...
Smotrich wants the representatives of NGOs that enjoy foreign funding to observe the same transparency as lobbyists who represent commercial interests. Under the bill, NGO representatives who attend a hearing in the Knesset or at any other public institution will have to wear a name tag obtained from the Registrar of Nonprofit Associations.
But the bill is not meant merely to improve transparency. Smotrich himself made it clear that he was submitting the bill as part of the war against “leftist organizations” and their influence on Israeli society. “Foreign governments have found a way to erode the Jewish character of the state, and this has to stop,” he said Tuesday.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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Even so, there are concerns that the government has not done enough in the past to ensure that Jewish extremists are brought to justice. There have been 43 criminal acts against holy sites, including mosques, churches and monasteries, in the past six years.
Other examples include anti-Christian graffiti at a Catholic monastery near Beit Shemesh in January 2014, where vandals also punctured car tyres. In May last year extremists wrote "Death to Arabs and Christians and those who hate Israel" on the Notre Dame centre in Jerusalem.
Tag Meir, an anti-racism group told the Independent that there have been no indictments for the attacks on holy sites in the last three years.
"Punishing these crimes is not a priority for the authorities," said Yossi Saidov of Tag Meir. "The message that comes down from the Prime Minister to the individual policeman is that it's all right that this happens, it's not so terrible."
"If 43 synagogues were attacked in Poland and the authorities didn't stop it, we would scream that it was anti-Semitism and rightly so," he added.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/j ... /56857.htm
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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mrswdk wrote:It sure is refreshing to live in a country where government officials aren't allowed to be members of any sky spaghetti religious cults.
Metsfanmax wrote:mrswdk wrote:It sure is refreshing to live in a country where government officials aren't allowed to be members of any sky spaghetti religious cults.
It sure is refreshing to live in a country that doesn't execute people who don't fit the government rules about how to live.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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Metsfanmax wrote:mrswdk wrote:It sure is refreshing to live in a country where government officials aren't allowed to be members of any sky spaghetti religious cults.
It sure is refreshing to live in a country that doesn't execute people who don't fit the government rules about how to live.
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