Posted on 12/29/2004 4:37:34 AM PST by white trash redneck
The Vatican newspaper has denounced what it called a decision by the IDF to deny emergency help to disaster victims in Sri Lanka.
Calling for "a radical and dramatic change of perspective" among people "too often preoccupied with making war," L'Osservatore Romano singled out Israeli military leaders for declining a request for emergency medical help.
Contrary to the Vatican report, an Israeli plane carrying 80 tons of food and medical supplies worth $100,000 was set to depart for Sri Lanka Wednesday morning. At the request of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, a team of some 150 Israeli medical and security personnel aborted their planned trip to the island nation Tuesday night.
The Vatican paper observed that in what "should be a time for unconditional solidarity," some world leaders seem incapable of escaping a "small-minded approach that restricts their horizons."
The fact that the devastation swept across different societies, cultures, and nations should help to reinforce the universal perspective, the paper suggested. (Jerusalem Post staff and agencies)
I'm not about to wade through 320 posts ... has this been sourced anywhere else?
If you read the Catholic News Service coverage in post 31 you'll note that they say this ran in the early version of the Dec 29 edition run in print, not on the internet, the afternoon of Dec 28. IMO bothe Catholic News and the Jerusalem Post are reliable enough to get the content of a print newspaper right, even translating Italian, and any bias they'd show would be in opposition to each other. They both got the story the same way.
Has what been sourced?
Oops, should I have referred the CNS as that well know Zionist mouthpiece Catholic News Service. :>)
HAS THIS STORY APPEARED ANYWHERE ELSE?
Jerusalem Post and Catholic News Service (link in earlier post). It's being picked up by a few other papers now, you could try google, but I suspect based on the JP and CNS news. You might note from earlier posts that CNS reports this appeared in the print copy of the Dec 29 issue released on Dec 28 in the afternoon.
according to Ha'aretz Dec 28/29 English edition the final Israeli delegation sent was smaller than original one intended - mainly medical people without the Defense Ministry people etc. at least they accepted the aid - and i'm glad they were able to find a way to negotiate.
Amen. that is what happens when liberals get into the vatican wood-pile.
Thanks
Yes, and WHY they refused.
yet one more good reason to HATE the vatican and all that it stands for.
f them.
f them all.
This story is more Muslim propaganda against Israel without any reliable sources.
a/ Israel's combined military/medical teams are renowned in rescue operations.
b/ Because of the continuing war by Muslims against Israel, Israel's economy cannot sustain/export serious humanitarian aid without the assistance of the IDF.
c/ Israel should not be sending top doctors and aid workers anywhere without protection (muslims target the doctors repeatedly).
d/ You can't seriously suggest that all U.S. aid is being flown and/or coordinated by civilians
"Semitic peoples are not solely made up of Jews."
True. However, today the word "antisemitic" generally refers to Jewish Semite's. How many times have you heard "antisemitic" used in reference to "Arabs" or "Palastinians"?
A Semite is someone descended from Shem, the eldest son of Noah.
A HEBREW is someone descended from Heber (or, "Eber"), one of the great-grandsons of Shem. So all Hebrews are Semites, but not all Semites are Hebrews. (Both Sunnite Arabs and Jews are Semites, and Hebrews.)
Six generations after Heber, Abraham was born to his line, so Abraham was both a Hebrew and a Semite, born of the line of Heber and Shem.
Ishmael was born of Abraham, and (Sunnite) Arabs (and specifically Muslims) consider themselves to be descendants of him, so they are both Semitic and Hebrews. Isaac was born of Abraham, then Jacob of Isaac. Jacob's name was changed to "Israel," and he fathered 12 sons. His sons and their descendants are called Israelites, and they would be both Semitic and Hebrew. However, this would not make either Abraham or Isaac "Israelites." Those who interchange the words "Jew" and Israelite, call Abraham a Jew, even though Abraham was not even an Israelite, and where the word "Jew" is not used in the Bible until 1,000 years AFTER Abraham.
One of Jacob-Israel's children was Judah (Hebrew - Yehudah). His descendants were called Yehudim ("Judahites"). In Greek this reads Ioudaioi ("Judeans"). The confusing thing here is that almost all Bible translations employ the word "Jew," which is a modern, shortened form of the word "Judahite." Every time you come to the word "Jew" in the Old Scriptures, you should read "Judahite;" and every time you come to the word "Jew" in the New Scriptures, you should read it as "Judean."
Amen Brother. It is going insane.
When has the Vatican NOT been anti-semitic? and not been anti-orthodox Christian?
I think I remember once reading that the word Jew never appeared until the Bible was translated into English.
AKA, in what should be a time of solidarity, elements within the Vatican take the opportunity to slime Israel...
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