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2023-11-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Pope Francis accuses Israel of terrorism after meeting with hostage families

[Washington Examiner] Israel’s military operation in Gaza has "gone beyond war," according to Pope Francis, who condemned the conflict after meetings with separate delegations of Palestinian refugees and Israeli relatives of Hamas victims.

"Here we have gone beyond wars," Pope Francis said, referring to the suffering of both delegations. "This is not war, this is terrorism. Please, let’s go ahead and pray for peace. Pray a lot for peace."

Those extemporaneous remarks came in the hours after Qatar announced a ceasefire, during which Hamas is expected to release dozens of the hostages seized during its Oct. 7 rampage in exchange for about 150 Palestinians in Israeli prisons. That agreement reportedly should lead to a second exchange of hostages for prisoners if the terms are kept, but scores of other hostages are not covered by the deal.

"At least 50 hostages — women and children — will be released over four days, during which a pause in the fighting will be held," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s team announced late Tuesday. "The release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day in the pause."

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-26 04:35|| || Front Page|| [27 views ] Top
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#1 SG of UN is "anti-zionist", why not the Pope?

Posted by Grom the reflective 2023-11-26 06:48|| 2023-11-26 06:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Pope Francis reveals lung inflammation ahead of Dubai climate conference trip

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-26 10:12|| 2023-11-26 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 i became a non-catholic at the age of 8. 78 years ago. i just stopped believing them.

Posted by irish rage boy 2023-11-26 10:26|| 2023-11-26 10:26|| Front Page Top

#4 The military reported during the night that a total of five senior Hamas officials were killed, with the targeted assassinations occurring before the ceasefire began on Friday morning.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-26 14:04|| 2023-11-26 14:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, what his X-post says
Today, thanks to God there is finally a truce between Israel and Palestine, and some hostages have been freed. Let’s #PrayTogether that they will all be freed as soon as possible, more humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, and dialogue is insisted upon: it is the only path to peace.

That's that a Christian Pope supposed to say.

However, in this particalar case, we have to follow an earlier book: the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-26 14:24|| 2023-11-26 14:24|| Front Page Top

#6 the Book of Numbers

Self-elevation much Grom?

For anyone interested in his dropped reference, the book of numbers has little to do with numbers other than body counts. It's more of a travel journal of Moses and the crew leaving Egypt then failing their god's direction.

Wiki tells a story.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-26 17:43|| 2023-11-26 17:43|| Front Page Top

#7 The Six Day War read like the Bible. I don’t know know about Numbers 31. I don’t expect to see a massacre of the women and all the spoils are in offshore accounts. Maybe Joshua 5:13 - 6:27.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-11-26 18:28|| 2023-11-26 18:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Only because it happened to fit a block of time yesterday: Will and Ariel dance merrily along the Gromguru-Skidmark line (or at least me best guesstimate of its course, assuming said feature even exists). YouTube.

Posted by Blackbeard Jones3349 2023-11-26 21:33|| 2023-11-26 21:33|| Front Page Top