And then Israelis came for the Christians?

The Palm Sunday incident in Jerusalem — where Israeli police blocked senior Catholic clergy from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre — raises uncomfortable questions about religious freedom, power, and political hypocrisy.

Israeli police block Catholic cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday 

Israeli police have prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark Palm Sunday Mass.

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The Catholic Church said on Sunday that Pizzaballa and Francesco Ielpo, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, were both prevented from entering the church.

“As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,” the statement said.

“This incident is a grave precedent and disregards the sensibilities of billions of people around the world, who, during this week, look to Jerusalem,” it added.

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When allies collide: Israel and Christian support

…and then Israelis came for the Christians?

This seems a tad ironic doesn’t it?

Aren’t you hardline pro-Israel commentators on the Right all very evangelical end-times Christians as well?

Not the nice Christin, the Book of Revelations fire and brimstone rapture freak Christians.

The contradiction at the heart of evangelical support for Israel

How are you going to marry up your Zionist apologist stuff with the Christians being banned by Israeli police?

Isn’t this a red line for ya’ll?

From the outside, the contradictions between faith and power here are hard to ignore.