Shame on you.
Vatican delegation astonished by cancellation of meeting with Israel
from the article:
"The reaction in the church to the last-minute cancellation is astonishment at what appears to be a pattern of last-minute, unilateral cancellations by Israel of crucially important meetings," said a Catholic source close to the Vatican delegation.
No reason was given for the cancellation, he said.
"This was a meeting for which (the Israelis) were preparing for 12 years," he said. "Every time we are getting close to an issue they withdraw. It is very perplexing. How can the issue be resolved if they won't even talk about it?"
Israel, Vatican resume talks toward final accord
from the article:
Negotiations between the Holy See and the government of Israel on a financial accord will be resumed on July 5, after a long diplomatic impasse, representatives of both sides have announced.
The Vatican Secretariat of State and Israeli ambassador Oded Ben Hur joined in the June 18 announcement that efforts to reach agreement on financial issues would be reopened in Jerusalem. The negotiations broke down in August 2003, when Israeli representatives broke off the talks...
The lack of progress on negotiations had been one of several sources of diplomatic tension between the Holy See and the Israeli state. Another cause of friction has been the Israeli government's failure to renew visas for Catholic priests and religious working in the Holy Land. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has announced plans to form a committee to resolve that problem; Vatican officials are still awaiting signs of a change in policy. Finally, the Vatican has expressed keen concerns about the Israeli "security wall" through Palestinian territory, which has dispossessed some Catholic communities from their land and restricted access to some churches and shrines, in an apparently violation of the terms of the fundamental accord.
So, as long as a few people can get to a shrine, the Israelis should just 'take it' and keep allowing Pali terrorists to continue to get in and kill them, right? They should not try to protect Israelis, though, right?