The Catholic Church high official equated Israel’s operation in Gaza against terror groups with the New Testament story of Herod’s slaughter of Jewish babies in his effort to kill Jesus.No comments.
Ravasi, who is one of the most popular Catholic cardinals and the director of the Church’s policy on culture, called Israelis baby-killers in a shameless form of anti-Semitism which subtly accuses the Jewish State of trying to murder the new Jesus, symbolized by the Palestinian people.
See the original article (in French) here.
Hat tip: Philosemite.
Update: See Shaun's comment on the case, it presents the whole quite differently.
See also Shaun's detailed post on the matter, which could be now considered closed under a "lost in interpretation" clause.
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