Pope Benedict XVI pilgrimage to Israel - dogged by critics from all sides


	Pope Benedict XVI pilgrimage to Israel - dogged by critics from all sides

Efrain Alvarado

5-12-2009 11:28 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b2317955-e4fb-47e7-8762-a0356ce26207/62A66EC7-38B7-4572-89FB-945802B502D5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html" href="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html" style="font-size: 11px;">benedictinisrael.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html"><A target="_blank" href="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/sheikh-taysir-al-tamimi-disrupts-pope.html">Sheikh Taysir al Tamimi's disruption of the interfaith meeting</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/surveying-reactions-to-pope-benedict.html">Rabbi Meir Lau's lukewarm review of Benedict's remarks at Yad Vashem</A> weren't the only stories of the day -- controversy dogged the Pope's heels as the cranks and the critics emerged from the far-right fringes.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1241773226188">The Islamic Jihad condemned on Monday the visit of Pope Benedict XVI as a "gift to the Occupation," and said that his presence in Israel "ignores the suffering of the Palestinian people."</A> (<I>Jerusalem Post</I>)
<P></P></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3713910,00.html">Extreme right wing activists Itamar Ben-Gvir and Baruch Marzel demanded on Monday that Pope Benedict XVI return looted Temple treasures in a criminal complaint they filed at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court</A> (YNet News):</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3714078,00.html">MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) arrived at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, accompanied by his parliamentary assistant Itamar Ben-Gvir, carrying signs against Pope Benedict XVI</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/img/528A01ED-A68B-4ECB-9FDA-A79646191E87" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://benedictinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/05/pope-benedict-xvis-pilgrimage-to-israel.html"> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1242029498350">Police move "far-right" anti-pope protesters from Jerusalem's Palmah Street</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/62A66EC7-38B7-4572-89FB-945802B502D5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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