Vatican officially recognizes Palestine, while Israel fumes

[Umair Nawaz]

Pope Francis welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) upon his arrival at the Vatican June 8, 2014. (Reuters/Riccardo De Luca)

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The Vatican has become the latest country to recognize the state of Palestine, after a new treaty was finalized on Wednesday. Unsurprisingly Israel has hit out at the move, saying that it damages prospects for peace in the region.

The treaty, which was agreed, though has yet to be formally signed states the Vatican has switched its diplomatic allegiance from the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the state of Palestine. It was finalized days before the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is due to visit Pope Francis.

Abbas is traveling to the Vatican to attend the canonization of four new saints by the Pope, two of which are Palestinian nuns. The move to grant them sainthood has been described as a "sign of hope" for the region by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, Vatican Insider reports.

The Vatican has been unofficially referring to the state of Palestine for over a year. Pope Francis visited Israel last year and the Vatican’s official program referred to Abbas as the president of the state of Palestine. During his visit to the Holy Land, he called for peace from both sides.

A spokesman for the Vatican, the Reverend Federico Lombardi confirmed the news saying: "Yes, it's a recognition that the state exists," AP reports.

The decision has brought condemnation from Israel, with the country’s foreign ministry saying it was “disappointed” at the move.

"This move does not promote the peace process and distances the Palestinian leadership from returning to direct and bilateral negotiations," the ministry said in a text message, AP reported. "Israel will study the agreement and will consider its steps accordingly."

Vatican Foreign Minister Monsignor Antoine Camilleri said the move was not politically motivated, but was simply in line with the Holy See’s position.

In 2012, the Vatican welcomed a decision by the UN General Assembly to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state. However, the latest treaty is the first legal document between the Vatican and the state of Palestine, which can be considered as official diplomatic recognition.

The treaty in question concerns the activity of the Catholic Church in Palestine. In April 2014, a Catholic Monastery was vandalized not far from the Israeli capital of Jerusalem in a hate crime carried out by Israelis. Slogans condemning peace talks with Palestine as well as graffiti disparaging Jesus and Mary was daubed on the walls.

This is not the first time that Pope Francis has made a diplomatic decision that was not to everyone’s liking. In April, he honored the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks and called it “the first genocide of the 20th century.”

During a mass at the Armenian Catholic rite at Peter’s Basilica, the Pope said he had a duty to honor the innocent men, women, children, priests and bishops who were murdered by the Ottoman Turks.

“Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it,” said the pontiff.

Vatican officially recognizes Palestine, while Israel fumes — RT News

 

[LordTyrannus]

christians hate both jews and muslims.

vatican wants that jews and muslims kill each other, so the world will be fully christian.

i tell you that because i am pro secularism. vatican wants to create a radical christian theocracy in the world. like in old times as they had full power over the christian nations.

 

[Hasbara Buster]

christians hate both jews and muslims.

vatican wants that jews and muslims kill each other, so the world will be fully christian.

i tell you that because i am pro secularism. vatican wants to create a radical christian theocracy in the world. like in old times as they had full power over the christian nations.

That is why I oppose all organized religions despite the fact that I strongly believe in God and life after death.

 

[ZeusMK]

That is why I oppose all organized religions despite the fact that I strongly believe in God and life after death.

Your first step to enlightenment

 

[LordTyrannus]

as a superior mind, i can tell you that there is not a god in reality. but that does not explizit say that there is not a theoretical god in the mind of a human itself.

that means god is not real, but the manifestation of god in your head is real.

in fact the universe was created from a subatomic chaos. without any logic or pattern. Only particles with long survival rates manage to exist longer than just some milliseconds.

those particles created the known universe. we are in fact atomic junk product of the subatomic chaos.

and you can see that in the behaviour of all mankind, that we are in fact junk. we can not manage to build superior tech like in the movies we dream about. like star wars etc.

our mind power is limited. also the possibilities of the atomic particles which surround us, are limited.

mankind will end like the dinosaurs. with a huge asteroid hitting us.

in a post apocalyptic world we will kill each other for food and water.

 

[hussain0216]

Time is against israel

 

[Umair Nawaz]

christians hate both jews and muslims.

v.

i wouldnt say that nor will generalize Christians, abt jews im not too sure but there will be good people. The actual problematic people are their Elite of billionaires and millionaires who run their system of capitalism.

 

[LordTyrannus]

Your first step to enlightenment

there is no such thing as enlightenment. it is just another stupid idea of fake understanding of existance. nonsense.

there is no such reason of existance. We are here and later we will not here any longer.

roflmao.

 

[ZeusMK]

there is no such thing as enlightenment. it is just another stupid idea of fake understanding of existance. nonsense.

there is no such reason of existance. We are here and later we will not here any longer.

roflmao.

You follow the same idealogy as it has been taught to you by your ancestors.
unleash your vision.
Question your existence.
then you may find enlightenment. until then you'l laugh as you are still unaware.

It's not all for nothing.

 

[LordTyrannus]

You follow the same idealogy as it has been taught to you by your ancestors.
unleash your vision.
Question your existence.
then you may find enlightenment. until then you'l laugh as you are still unaware.

It's not all for nothing.

yes it is not for nothing. the biggest victory is the fear in the eyes of your enemy.

even atomic particles fight against each other in a struggle to survive.

p.s. i find your avatar picture funny, because you think using your tanks like that formation would increase your fire power???

it makes them more vulnareable when they all are at the same spot.

backward armies don´t know anything about true tank warfare. they use their highly mobile tanks in static formations for no reason.

 

[hussain0216]

yes it is not for nothing. the biggest victory is the fear in the eyes of your enemy.

even atomic particles fight against each other in a struggle to survive.

p.s. i find your avatar picture funny, because you think using your tanks like that formation would increase your fire power???

it makes them more vulnareable when they all are at the same spot.

backward armies don´t know anything about true tank warfare. they use their highly mobile tanks in static formations for no reason.

I dont think thats a tank formation, its just tanks standing in a line

 

[ZeusMK]

Time is against israel

Farce.

yes it is not for nothing. the biggest victory is the fear in the eyes of your enemy.

even atomic particles fight against each other in a struggle to survive.

p.s. i find your avatar picture funny, because you think using your tanks like that formation would increase your fire power???

it makes them more vulnareable when they all are at the same spot.

backward armies don´t know anything about true tank warfare. they use their highly mobile tanks in static formations for no reason.

The struggle to survive?
What would you do after you survive?
You Exist to safeguard your Existence, What's the point of it all??

 

[LordTyrannus]

I dont think thats a tank formation, its just tanks standing in a line

it is a battle formation. static.

there is no other reason for lining up tanks like that. you can´t work on them this way. you need at least some place to park supporting vehicles around the tanks, like ammo carriers or fuel vehicles.

Farce.


The struggle to survive?
What would you do after you survive?
You Exist to safeguard your Existence, What's the point of it all??

there is no point. chilling.

hehe

 

[ZeusMK]

there is no point. chilling.

hehe

So as per your theory there is no point of living, wow
I am just wondering if i would have followed that believe, all i would have done was to Kill, F*ck, Destroy and Annihilate my way up to the top of the food chain and get dominated over the dominance.

The only thrill for me would have been seeing the fear in the eyes of my enemies, making other oppressed and afraid of me and establishing my own hold.
Even if at some point i'd achieve all of that, at the end of the day i'd be left with all the wealth and fictitious respect of the world wondering the same question..
This is it? What's next? Where do i go after this? How much more will i survive after this... may be just may be i could exchange all of my accumulated wealth and dignity for a single day more day of life then it is already been written for me..

Think about it

 

[LordTyrannus]

So as per your theory there is no point of living, wow
I am just wondering if i would have followed that believe, all i would have done was to Kill, F*ck, Destroy and Annihilate my way up to the top of the food chain and get dominated over the dominance.

The only thrill for me would have been seeing the fear in the eyes of my enemies, making other oppressed and afraid of me and establishing my own hold.
Even if at some point i'd achieve all of that, at the end of the day i'd be left with all the wealth and fictitious respect of the world wondering the same question..
This is it? What's next? Where do i go after this? How much more will i survive after this... may be just may be i could exchange all of my accumulated wealth and dignity for a single day more day of life then it is already been written for me..

Think about it

if you realy think that, than you are stupid.

no normal human beeing can have fun of murder or that dumb things you mentioned.

you need to see a doctor.