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Date: October 8, 2007 12:05:57 PM PDT
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Subject: (2) The 21st Century Crusades? The Vatican vs the State
of Israel
"As Christians occupying the Holy Land, and as de facto guardians
of Christendom's holy sites in Israel, the PALESTINIANS are
theoretically entitled to the diplomatic protection of the Catholic
Church. In the eyes of ultra-conservative Catholics, the
oppression of the Palestinian people by the State of Israel amounts
to persecution of native believers in Christ by Jews, the
"murderers of Christ" -- a kind of collective crucifixion still
reeking of the iconic event of 30 AD."
Israel demanding right to buy Greek Orthodox church property
By Meron Rapoport
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/824151.html
Israel is demanding that the Greek Orthodox patriarchy conduct a
census of all church property in Israel and the Palestinian
territories ahead of its sale or long-term lease, and to give
Israel the first right of refusal on the property.
The two attorney's represent Theophilos, who was elected patriarch
by the Greek Orthodox Synod about a year and a half ago, and who
has since then been working to obtain Israel's recognition as
patriarch.
Sources close to Theophilos said his attorneys were told that the
acceptance of the clauses in the document were a condition to
Israel's recognizing him as patriarch. Theophilos' attorneys
rejected the conditions as an "illegal and extraneous" intervention
in church matters.
The document delivered by Eitan to Theophilos' attorneys shows that
a central issue occupying the committee is how to ensure that Greek
Orthodox church assets will be sold to Jewish bodies or to the state.
Eitan refused to comment, saying that the matter was currently
before the court.
The Greek Orthodox church owns tens of thousands of dunams of land
in the Galilee, central Israel and Jerusalem.
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http://old.orthodoxnews.com/178/Lands.htm
... The Greek Orthodox Church owns vast tracts of land in Israel
and also lands in Jordan. Patriarch Irenieos I is head of the Greek
Orthodox Church in Israel, which includes many Palestinians.
Reports surfaced recently that someone in the Greek Orthodox Church
leased lands in the Old City of Jerusalem, reportedly just inside
the Jaffa Gate, to a Jewish organization. Normally there would be
nothing noteworthy about Jews leasing or purchasing property in
Palestine as Jews have been doing this for over 100 years in an
organized manner; and before the advent of modern Zionism in the
1890s for hundreds of years on an invididual basis.
According to a report in Ma’ariv, one of Israel’s main Hebrew daily
newspapers, members of the Palestinian Authority went to the Church
of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City, organized attacks on
[Patriarch] Irineous and condemned him as a “collaborator” - a
crime in the Palestinian Authority punishable by death. Readers
should appreciate what it means to be labelled 'a collaborator' in
the Palestinian Authority. Collaborators are shot or hanged in
public places and their bodies hacked and mutilated by the mob and
all done with great enthusiasm.
To quote the report further, Irineous was summoned for an
interrogation by PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and during the
meeting the arm of Irineous’ lawyer was broken and his financial
adviser was brutally beaten. Under PA intimidation, the Church’s
Holy Synod was convened and Irineous was excommunicated. The PA
took over the Church’s finances. Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister
hurriedly went to Ramallah, met PM Qurei and “apologized for the
terrible crime” of the Patriarch. Irineous has been demoted to the
status of an ordinary monk.
But the matter does not stop there. The Greek Orthodox Church owns
land in Jerusalem upon which Israel’s Knesset is situated; also
land upon which the President’s residence is situated and large
swathes of land in central Jerusalem, not to mention lands
throughout Israel. If the Palestinian Authority is the 'efffective
owner' of all the lands then what will happen when these leases
expire?
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