Another angle on the Hamas landslide
I have a real burden to ask all of you to write down "Palestinian Christians" on your prayer lists. The reason is because yesterday we found out that Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary elections instead of Fatah.The same party that wants Israel to disappear has no special love for Christians, as the dynamics behind their thinking would necessarily view them to be infidels, as well. The election of the party of suicide bombers cannot be good news in anyone's book. The same thing could have been said regarding the Jews living in Berlin when the Nazis came into power in the early 1930s. There have been many paralells drawn between the two situations. While Hamas would necessarily lack the tax base and infrastructure to construct another luftwaffe, the dynamics required for a resultant "final solution" for infidels living in Palestine are definitely present and accounted for.This victory for the terrorists Hamas are, isn't good for any Christian who lives in or near Palestine. I'm very concerned.
The only other mention of the concern over the Palestinian Christians I have found is an article written on AsiaNews.it called Christians Anxious Over Hamas Victory. A few passages from that article follow.
“A disaster, Hamas’s victory is a disaster for Christians,” said an agitated K. M., a Palestinian Christian from Bethlehem."
“The danger for us is real,” said K.M. “In Bethlehem we have four members of parliament: two for Fatah (including a Protestant Christian) and two for Hamas. One of the elected Hamas MPs is a fundamentalist Muslim sheikh who from time to time preaches again the Christian presence in Palestine.”
“What can Christians do? Perhaps, many will think of emigrating, thus further emptying the Holy Land” of its Christians, he lamented.
In reality though, some observers point out that there is no certainty that conditions for Christians are going to deteriorate.
(Filed under Religion of Peace?, VOM, world affairs)
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