RE: All The News Anti-Israel Posters Will Not Read Or Discuss
⁜→ Sixties Fan, et al,
I don't think that it is a good practise for Americans to make it their business to critize (formally by petition) the domestic legislation of another country.
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Let Ireland take whatever position they want. We can say that we
(individually) believe it to be wrong, but if the Irish (75%+ Catholic) want to criminalize travel to the Holy Land, well so be it. It merely demonstrates who they are. Jerusalem has been fought over many time in the past, and that pattern of behavior is not likely to change. Even Rome fought
(as a collective) Jerusalem; there was more than a half-dozen Crusades over Jerusalem. But I don't believe that there was any clan level Irish participation in any of the Crusades.
Relative to religions, views change over time
(we all know this). Even Jesus Christ was descendent of Abraham and many consider that in his lifetime he was Jewish and Hebrew. Of course, I could be wrong, but my wife (somewhat of a Biblical History buff, told me that Jesus Christ taught at Temple near the Mount of Olives.
Let the Irish decide for themselves what they want to believe and how they want to demonstrate that belief.If a country that is predominately Christian wants to criminalize a pilgrimage, to the Holy Land, so be it. Good thing the Pope is not Irish.
Just My 2 Drachma,
Most Respectfully,
R