Why Israel Will Not Find A True Friend In Pope Francis

Israel does not have too many friends in the world due to the unceasing anti Jewish propaganda being continuously spread in all kinds of media by Islamic groups, according to which Israel is the aggressor and the Palestinians are the oppressed.

 

Constant attacks on Jewish civilian population are notoriously underreported by the Western media
and most Western leaders espouse the politics of appeasement towards the Islamists. Pope Francis is one of those leaders. He turns the blind eye to the persecution Christians all over the world are suffering from the hands of the Islamists, condemning only the attacks that happened to receive much publicity.

 

It wasn’t an accident that the Pope chose to visit Jordan and the Palestinian Authority area before going to Israel. It sent a clear message to them that he is really on their side in this conflict. Pope Francis of course is appearing friendly and respectful to the Jewish people when visiting Israel, but he will not be their true friend.

 

Unlike many evangelicals who see Israel’s rebirth as the first step towards fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel, Roman Catholic Church believes the replacement theology, which teaches that God replaced Israel with the Church after they rejected Jesus as their Messiah and therefore they do not have any right to the Holy Land or God’s promises.

 

In addition to that we must remember that Pope Francis was raised in Argentina, a long time haven for the former Nazis fleeing Germany and the responsibility for their crimes committed during Second World War, along with whom came strong anti Jewish sentiments and worldview, by which the current Pope might have been influenced.

 

We do not really know what his personal position on Israel’s right to the existence in the Holy Land is, but he does not send very good early signals, as the events progress however they will eventually become more apparent, but Israeli leaders would be wise not to count too much on Vatican’s support.

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