Israeli hardliners warn against diplomatic deal with Vatican

March 31, 2009

The senior editor of Israel National News has urged his nation’s government not to make diplomatic concessions to the Holy See on the issue of tax disputes over Church property. Quoting a letter by the modern Sanhedrin, which is composed of 71 rabbis, Hillel Fendel writes, “It should be remembered that the Vatican, as the leading Christian Church, is responsible for the legacy of Rome-- the conqueror of Jerusalem, the exiler of its Jews, the destroyer of its land. All the churches that exists [sic] today in the Land of Israel are the result of the Jewish destruction 1,900 years ago, the elimination of the Jews from their land, and the exile that Christianity wishes to boast will be eternal.”

 

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Further information:

• Warning Issued Not to Sign With Vatican (Arutz Sheva)