Seriously, We Don't Care
I'm glad that the BBC is looking out for Israel's interests:
Pope terror 'snub' angers Israel...
Israel has summoned the Vatican's ambassador to explain why the Pope left the country off a list of those recently hit by terrorism. Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday deplored attacks in "countries including Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Britain". Israel said he had failed to mention a 12 July suicide bombing in Netanya that killed five Israelis.
We've written positively about Pope Benedict XVI before, mostly because he seems to understand that extremist, unassimilated Muslim immigrant populations threaten the viability of Old Europe. Additionally, he's undeniably sympathetic to Israel. So we remain under-whelmed by this so-called snub (although some people's reactions have been quite revealing - see below), although we agree with the apparent consensus that, given that so many people seem intent on denying that Israelis are victimized by Islamist terrorism (see the other post below), the Holy See should be a little more careful.
Pope terror 'snub' angers Israel...
Israel has summoned the Vatican's ambassador to explain why the Pope left the country off a list of those recently hit by terrorism. Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday deplored attacks in "countries including Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Britain". Israel said he had failed to mention a 12 July suicide bombing in Netanya that killed five Israelis.
We've written positively about Pope Benedict XVI before, mostly because he seems to understand that extremist, unassimilated Muslim immigrant populations threaten the viability of Old Europe. Additionally, he's undeniably sympathetic to Israel. So we remain under-whelmed by this so-called snub (although some people's reactions have been quite revealing - see below), although we agree with the apparent consensus that, given that so many people seem intent on denying that Israelis are victimized by Islamist terrorism (see the other post below), the Holy See should be a little more careful.
