Pope Demonstrates Lack of Mid-East Understanding
At a speech in the West Bank today, the Pope demonstrated his apparent lack of comprehension of the current Israel-vs-everyone-else situation. Let’s look at this piece bit-by-bit. After passing through the border barriers,
he expressed regret over Israel’s construction of the separation barrier
That barrier is there because Palestinians seem intent on using terrorism as their primary method of negotiation.
In Bethlehem, he offered a prayer for Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza.
When Palestinians stop the whole human-walking-bomb thing, I bet Israel will consider that request. Until then, don’t count on Jehovah’s (or Yahweh’s) intervention.
[H]e also urged young Palestinians to “have the courage to resist any temptation to resort to acts of violence or terrorism.”
Hey Benedict, how about growing a pair and talking to Iran and Syria about stopping their support for Palestinian terrorism?
At the Aida refugee camp, the pope said it was understandable that Palestinians feel frustrated.
“Their legitimate aspirations for permanent homes, for an independent Palestinian state, remain unfilled.”
Except that he’s wrong here. It’s not understandable. Walking into a shopping center or elementary school with bombs strapped to your body will get you a pretty negative response in any civilized country. Truth is (if you’re willing to do your homework) Palestinians are treated rather well if they relocate just a few miles east and live in Israel than if they stay on the West Bank and support the terrorists. (Pretty much like black Americans moving south and being treated better in Tennessee or Alabama than in my home city of St. Louis, where my relatives feel no shame at calling them “niggers” routinely.)
“In a world where more and more borders are being opened up … it is tragic to see walls still being erected,” Benedict said. “How earnestly we pray for an end to the hostilities that have caused this wall to be built.”
I’ve just about reached my breaking point with this one. Those borders are there because certain Palestinians insist on their right to blow up innocent Israeli children to make a long-dead political point. You want to see the walls torn down? Stop killing kids. Monsignor Benedict, how about praying that Palestinians will get a #$(*&^!% clue! That would end it.