Shenouda supported the "palestinians" as "brother Arabs" and opposed even Anwar Sadat's loaded "peace" with Israel, preferring the hard-line position. He even forbade Copts from going to Jerusalem on pilgrimage until there was a "peace agreement" because Israel was "occupied moslem and chr*stian land."
I know most philo-Semitic American chr*stians are in love with Middle Eastern chr*stians (they're so "authentic" and the muzzies are persecuting them!), but Middle Eastern chr*stians are not the friends of Israel, Jews, or America. I'm sorry that's the way it is, but that's the way it is.
Pope Shenouda III on Israel according to Wikipedia
Whoever his successor is, he will be just as bad.
Are you actually surprised that any Christian denomination or sect is not in complete communion with ultra-orthodox Judaism or that an Egyptian citizen is not a fan of the secular Israeli government?
Thanks, ZC. I wasn’t aware of this.
All the Best to You and Yours.
Thanks for the info. Sobering.
I didn’t know that. Thank you for the informative post.