'Islamic State in Palestine' Threatens Christians in Jerusalem

Aid to the Church in Need ^ | 7/3/15 | Oliver Maksan

[marshmallow]

"We must take these threats seriously. It would be enough that three young fundamentalists, armed with knives, attack a Christian home to cause panic in the Christian community."

JERUSALEM—A group calling itself "Islamic State in Palestine" last week distributed leaflets ordering Christians to leave the city by the end of Ramadan, July 18.

Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate, urging the faithful to be vigilant, said that “we must take these threats seriously. It would be enough that three young fundamentalists, armed with knives, attack a Christian home to cause panic in the Christian community.”

The message on the leaflets, which bear the black flag of ISIS, threatens Christians with death if they do not comply—a warning that recalls the ultimatum ISIS gave to Christians in Mosul in the summer of 2014. There have been numerous reports of Muslim Israeli citizens attempting to join ISIS forces, while there have been expressions of support for ISIS in the Palestinian territories.

In an interview with international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Shomali said that the Patriarchate had not itself contacted Israeli authorities in connection with the leaflets. "But the Israelis are well informed,” he said, adding that “among the Christians in the Holy Land there is anxiety about the leaflets, although only a moderate anxiety.”

[lbryce]

It's not much different from what Abbas declared that any Palestinian state created would be Judenrein, cleansed of Jews. In Nazi Germany many towns had signs that it was cleansed of Jews, Judenrein, removed in a not very pleasant way.

[lbryce]

[JSDude1]

Christian families in Jerusalem had better arm to defend themselves and their families in their own homes (wether they can legally or not..).

[captmar-vell]

“Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.” Psalm 41:5-7

[captmar-vell]

“for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations...” Jeremiah 25

I believe this ‘controversy’ is what follows when Israel is divided, that is, when Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria (what was restored in 1967) is divided or encumbered by agreement with the nations (UN/USA)

I believe this is when the end comes and that it coincides in some manner with a Jubilee of the land, it belongs to God and is his inheritance,

Also seen in Joel 2-3 and Zephaniah 2-3, Isaiah 28, Revelation 11, Psalm 2 etc.,