So Pope Francis has, in effect, denounced Israel for fighting back against Islamist terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Francis was asked while en route from Belgium back to the Vatican about Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah.
Francis didn’t mention Israel by name but said, “The defense must always be proportionate to the attack.”
Huh?
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) said on Sept. 22 that the Lebanese militant group has fired more than 8,000 rockets toward Israel since the horrific Oct. 7 attack against the Jewish state by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas that brutally killed roughly 1,300 Israelis. The ambassador also said, “Over 70,000 Israelis have been forced to flee their homes, becoming refugees in their own land.”
Yet, Francis said:
When there is something disproportionate, there is a dominating tendency that goes beyond morality. A country that does these things — and I’m talking about any country — in a superlative way, these are immoral actions.
Beyond morality. In the October 7 attack, Israeli children were tortured and murdered in front of their parents, and parents were tortured and murdered in front of their children. Some Israelis were burned alive, and some were raped.
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Francis further “explained” that even if war itself is immoral, there are rules that “indicate some morality.”
But when you don’t do this … you see the bad blood of these thing.
As AP reported:
Francis has tried to strike a balance in his comments on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the conflicts in Gaza and southern Lebanon that have ensued. He has called for an immediate cease-fire, for the release of hostages taken by Hamas and for humanitarian aid to get to Gaza.
If Israel were to “strike a balance” with Hamas and Hezbollah and respond truly proportionately to their unprovoked attacks, condemnation of the Jewish state by much of the world would make today’s anti-Israel, pro-Hamas, and pro-Hezbollah attacks pale in comparison.
This was not the Pope’s first venture into controversial politics.
As I reported in April, Francis not only declared that climate change exists, he also dissed “deniers.” In comments made to CBS Evening News host Norah O’Donnell, aired on April 24, the 87-year-old Pontiff decried“deniers of climate change.” Francis also judged such people to be “foolish.”
There are people who are foolish, and foolish even if you show them research, they don’t believe it. Why? Because they don’t understand the situation or because of their interest, but climate change exists.
Renowned psychologist, author, and educator Jordan Peterson suggested at the time that Francis “seems to be about [climate change] constantly when [he] should be saving souls.”
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I’m with Jordan Peterson. Francis should stay out of politics and focus on tending to his flock.
