Randy Fermo
26-03-2005, 10:53 AM
Aloha again,
I am not really sure what to come out with article.... but do you think that senior Orthodox and Muslims can ask the Patriarch to resign? Should the Patriarch resigns? Who has the right to sell church properties...?
Patriarch 'did not help Israelis'
There have been calls for Greek Orthodox Patriarch Eirineos I to resign
The head of Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox church has denied claims he knew church land in East Jerusalem was being sold to Jewish property speculators.
Allegations in Israeli newspapers have enraged Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox community, which is mainly Palestinian.
They believe Israel is aiming to expand illegal Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem to isolate Palestinian areas.
On Thursday Palestinian officials asked the US to block growth of the largest West Bank settlement, Maale Adumim.
Patriarch Irineos I hit back at claims he was complicit in the sale of land in East Jerusalem to Jewish developers overseas, saying: "If I have done this, let them cut off my hands."
READ MORE:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4381173.stm
I am not really sure what to come out with article.... but do you think that senior Orthodox and Muslims can ask the Patriarch to resign? Should the Patriarch resigns? Who has the right to sell church properties...?
Patriarch 'did not help Israelis'
There have been calls for Greek Orthodox Patriarch Eirineos I to resign
The head of Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox church has denied claims he knew church land in East Jerusalem was being sold to Jewish property speculators.
Allegations in Israeli newspapers have enraged Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox community, which is mainly Palestinian.
They believe Israel is aiming to expand illegal Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem to isolate Palestinian areas.
On Thursday Palestinian officials asked the US to block growth of the largest West Bank settlement, Maale Adumim.
Patriarch Irineos I hit back at claims he was complicit in the sale of land in East Jerusalem to Jewish developers overseas, saying: "If I have done this, let them cut off my hands."
READ MORE:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4381173.stm