{"id":118272,"date":"2025-01-07T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=118272"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:09:27","slug":"09-00-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=118272","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Violates Catholic Teaching by Bearing False Witness Against Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/images\/gatestone-logo-1000.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/21295\/pope-francis-bearing-false-witness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis Violates Catholic Teaching by Bearing False Witness Against Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Alan M. Dershowitz <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<ul class=\"content_preface_bullets \">\n<li><strong>Pope Francis has joined the chorus of blood libelers who have accused Israel of genocide, writing: &#8220;According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide.&#8221; This indictment is totally false as a matter of fact, law and morality. The Vatican knows what genocide is. It perfected this crime against humanity during the Crusades, the Inquisition and the priest-inspired pogroms that led to the Holocaust.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The reality is that Israel has killed far fewer civilians in relation to combatants than any nation in history while fighting comparable urban wars, especially where Hamas combatants hide among civilians, precisely in order to induce Israel to kill as many civilians as possible.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By accepting Palestinianism and supporting the Hamas narrative, he is siding with the enemies of Christianity, the enemies of Judaism and the enemies of decency. I will not curse Pope Francis; the bible has already done so: &#8220;Now the LORD had said unto Abram&#8230;. And I will make of thee a great nation&#8230;. And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/pics\/5258.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>In an act that flies in the face of the Christian Bible, the Vatican recently featured a nativity scene which laid the baby Jesus on a keffiyeh, thus accepting the false Palestinian narrative that Jesus was a Palestinian and not a Jew. Pictured: Pope Francis looks at the &#8220;Nativity of Bethlehem 2024&#8221; at St Peter&#8217;s Square in the Vatican on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Andreas Solaro\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Since the end of World War II, the Vatican has tried hard to make up for its centuries of attacks on the Jewish people, including the Crusades, the Inquisition, priest-incited pogroms, and theological claims that the Jews killed Jesus. The Vatican&#8217;s complicity in genocide during World War II took the form of Pope Pius XII&#8217;s refusal to create a &#8220;crisis of conscience&#8221; among German Catholics by forbidding them from participating in the mass murder of Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Since the death of Pope Pius XII, the Vatican has tried hard to make up for its sordid history. Pope Paul VI led the way by repudiating the allegation of collective Jewish guilt for deicide, with Pope John Paul II speaking of the Jewish faith as the ancestor of the Christian religion. In 1993, the Vatican, after too many years of silence, finally recognized the State of Israel, and over time, the relationship<s>s<\/s>\u00a0between the Vatican and the nation-state of the Jewish people improved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now comes Pope Francis, who has been afflicted with a bad case of &#8220;Palestinianism&#8221; &#8212; an obsessive focus on Palestinian rights to the minimization of concern for far more deserving groups around the world. In an act that flies in the face of the Christian Bible, the Vatican recently featured a nativity scene which\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/keffiyeh-wrapped-baby-jesus-in-vatican-nativity-causes-outrage\/10319395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">laid<\/a>\u00a0the baby Jesus on a keffiyeh, thus accepting the false Palestinian narrative that Jesus was a Palestinian and not a Jew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The bible of the Catholic Church expressly states that Jesus was born a Jew in the Judean city with the Hebrew name of Beth Lechem (&#8220;House of Bread,&#8221; Bethlehem in English). He was born there on what has now become Christmas, around the time of the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. He was circumcised as a Jew on New Years Day. He preached as a Jewish rabbi in the Jewish area called the Galil (Galilee in English). He was crucified as a Jewish enemy of the Romans in Jerusalem. During his lifetime, he never heard the word Christian. He l<s>i<\/s>ved as a Jew and died as a Jew. He did not wear a keffiyeh. The Muslim faith only began 600 years after his death. It would have been more appropriate for the Vatican to lay the baby on a Jewish tallit (prayer shawl) and wearing a Magen David (star of David). The Vatican willfully violated their own teachings by falsely trying to present him as a Palestinian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Much more seriously, Pope Francis has joined the chorus of blood libelers who have accused Israel of genocide,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2024-11\/pope-investigate-whether-genocide-is-taking-place-in-gaza.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writing<\/a>: &#8220;According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide.&#8221; This indictment is totally false as a matter of fact, law and morality. The Vatican knows what genocide is. It perfected this crime against humanity during the Crusades, the Inquisition and the priest-inspired pogroms that led to the Holocaust. Genocide requires an intent to destroy an entire religious, racial or ethnic group, without exceptions. It does not include acts of self-defense, such as those engaged in by the Israel Defense Forces following the massacres of October 7, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Hamas claim that Israel has killed 45,000 Palestinians has now been debunked by several studies (such as\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/henryjacksonsociety.org\/publications\/questionable-counting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/how-gaza-health-ministry-fakes-casualty-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>). This absurdly exaggerated figure includes thousands of Palestinians who died of cancer and other diseases. It includes Palestinians who were killed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad rockets and by Hamas&#8217;s own murderous actions against fellow Palestinians who oppose its tyranny. It counts as children 16- and 17-year-old terrorists who have been recruited by Hamas to murder Jews. It includes as &#8220;civilians&#8221; people who directly participated in the murders and rapes on October 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Hamas figures have turned men into women, adults into children and combatants into innocents. The reality is that Israel has killed far fewer civilians in relation to combatants than any nation in history while fighting comparable urban wars, especially where Hamas combatants hide among civilians, precisely in order to induce Israel to kill as many civilians as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Israel Defense Force does more to protect truly innocent civilians than\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/israel-implemented-more-measures-prevent-civilian-casualties-any-other-nation-history-opinion-1865613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">any other nation<\/a>\u00a0in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Catholic Church is a great institution that does so much good around the world. Its wonderful teachings have informed millions of followers to do great deeds. The current pope, a South American with &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/wordplay\/woke-meaning-origin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">woke<\/a>,&#8221; left-wing leanings, is doing a disservice to this glorious tradition. By accepting Palestinianism and supporting the Hamas narrative, he is siding with the enemies of Christianity, the enemies of Judaism and the enemies of decency. I will not curse Pope Francis; the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Genesis-Chapter-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bible<\/a>\u00a0has already done so:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;Now the LORD had said unto Abram&#8230;. And I will make of thee a great nation&#8230;. And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Alan M. Dershowitz<\/strong> is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, and the author most recently of\u00a0War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism, and\u00a0Get Trump:\u00a0The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law. He is the Jack Roth Charitable Foundation Fellow at Gatestone Institute, and is also the host of &#8220;The Dershow&#8221; podcast.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis Violates Catholic Teaching by Bearing False Witness Against Israel Alan M. 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