Gaza's Christians bury their first casualty of the war

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Gaza's Christians bury their first casualty of the war

The simple coffin -- white with a black cross -- was carried reverently down the marble stairs of the cemetery, and into the chapel of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City.

Her funeral was a sombre and respectful affair, but momentarily took on a political dimension when one member of the parish picked up a microphone and railed against Israel's bombardment of the small Palestinian coastal territory.

"This Palestinian Arab Christian woman died in shelling by the Israeli occupation," the speaker shouted angrily.


Gaza's Christians bury their first casualty of the war

 

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Gaza's Christians bury their first casualty of the war

The simple coffin -- white with a black cross -- was carried reverently down the marble stairs of the cemetery, and into the chapel of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City.

Her funeral was a sombre and respectful affair, but momentarily took on a political dimension when one member of the parish picked up a microphone and railed against Israel's bombardment of the small Palestinian coastal territory.

"This Palestinian Arab Christian woman died in shelling by the Israeli occupation," the speaker shouted angrily.


Gaza's Christians bury their first casualty of the war

Yes, and?
1,050 Jews and Muslims have died, besides a Thai worker. Why is this death so significant? Because she was a Christian? And you call us racists.

 

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Gaza's Christians bury their first casualty of the war

The simple coffin -- white with a black cross -- was carried reverently down the marble stairs of the cemetery, and into the chapel of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City.

Her funeral was a sombre and respectful affair, but momentarily took on a political dimension when one member of the parish picked up a microphone and railed against Israel's bombardment of the small Palestinian coastal territory.

"This Palestinian Arab Christian woman died in shelling by the Israeli occupation," the speaker shouted angrily.


Gaza's Christians bury their first casualty of the war

Yes, and?
1,050 Jews and Muslims have died, besides a Thai worker. Why is this death so significant? Because she was a Christian? And you call us racists.

Because I am a fellow Christian and because, per capita, more Christians have been killed than Muslims or Jews. Do the math.