It's so interesting how the pope's visit is highlighting the power struggles here. the PA wants to be independently responsible for his security in Bethlehem, but Israel says they don't have the ability to, and if anything went wrong, it would be Israel that the world would blame, not matter what. And then there is the issue of Nazareth, should the Christian Israeli Arabs be in charge, or the politically stronger Jewish Israelis, who have comparably less vested religious interest in his visit? The same goes for Jerusalem, where Jews will guard over him
Thursday, May 7, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0507/p06s02-wome.html
It's so interesting how the pope's visit is highlighting the power struggles here. the PA wants to be independently responsible for his security in Bethlehem, but Israel says they don't have the ability to, and if anything went wrong, it would be Israel that the world would blame, not matter what. And then there is the issue of Nazareth, should the Christian Israeli Arabs be in charge, or the politically stronger Jewish Israelis, who have comparably less vested religious interest in his visit? The same goes for Jerusalem, where Jews will guard over him
It's so interesting how the pope's visit is highlighting the power struggles here. the PA wants to be independently responsible for his security in Bethlehem, but Israel says they don't have the ability to, and if anything went wrong, it would be Israel that the world would blame, not matter what. And then there is the issue of Nazareth, should the Christian Israeli Arabs be in charge, or the politically stronger Jewish Israelis, who have comparably less vested religious interest in his visit? The same goes for Jerusalem, where Jews will guard over him
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