Radomir Dedo

A woman aid worker (painted finger nails) is giving sweets to a Palestinian terrorist.

There’s a lot of hatred towards Israel right now, and I think a lot of people are looking at this situation with absolutely no historical perspective. No country on Earth would tolerate what Israel has lived with since 1948. We’re talking about a country that was invaded the moment it was created. Multiple wars. Suicide bombings. Bus bombings. Rockets fired into civilian neighborhoods. Children growing up with bomb shelters as a normal part of life. Sirens going off and people having seconds to run for cover. Hostages taken. Civilians massacred. And people expect them to just sit there and do nothing? Americans talk big about freedom and security, but the truth is Americans could not live like that for 70+ years. If rockets were being fired into Texas or California for decades, if terrorists crossed the border and killed 1,000 Americans in one day, the response would be overwhelming and it would not even be debated. It would be finished quickly and decisively. But when Israel responds, suddenly the world holds them to a completely different standard than every other country on Earth. Another thing people don’t want to talk about is history. The Jewish connection to that land is not something that started in 1948. It goes back thousands of years. Archaeology, recorded history, ancient kingdoms, temples, language, culture - all tied to that land long before most modern countries even existed. Meanwhile countries like America, Australia, Canada - we can’t even make that same historical claim to the land in the same way. So if we’re going to be honest and fair, we have to be consistent. Either every country has the right to defend its citizens and exist in security, or they don’t. But singling out one country in the world and expecting them to live under constant attack, constant terrorism, constant threats of destruction, and then condemning them every time they respond is not fairness. That’s politics.

Wyrażam zdecydowany sprzeciw wobec braku zgody na odprawienie Mszy Świętej w Bazylice Grobu Pańskiego w Jerozolimie. Słowa wsparcia kieruje do łacińskiego patriarchy Jerozolimy i wszystkich chrześcijan zamieszkujących w Ziemi Świętej. Niedziela Palmowa rozpoczyna Wielki Tydzień, a chrześcijanie przygotowują się do zmartwychwstania Jezusa Chrystusa. Działania izraelskiej policji, które potępiam, są wyrazem braku szacunku wobec tradycji i kultury chrześcijańskiej. ___ I strongly object to the refusal to allow the celebration of Holy Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. I extend my words of support to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and to all Christians living in the Holy Land. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, and Christians are preparing for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The actions of the Israeli police, which I condemn, are an expression of disrespect for Christian tradition and culture.