Thursday, November 20, 2003
Pawlikowski leaves Pax Christi
Fr. Pawlikowski left PC after they issued a statement with profound points like this:
"The full Israeli withdrawal from the territories occupied in 1967, and the dismantling of all settlements as stipulated in UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 as well as the right to protection against (further) annexation of Occupied Territories and forced changes in the demographic composition of Jerusalem is foundational to building a lasting peace."
Of course, the territories were occupied after the Arab nations fought a war to drive the Israelis into the sea. In recorded history there has never been a Palestinian political entity. Before Israel there was Jordan and Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, the Crusader Levant, the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, the Greeks, the kingdom of Judah, the kingdom of Israel, Babylonians, Caananites . . . no Palestinians. Yet they have gained a "right" to the land.
What is a right?
[n] an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.
We seem to be fond of manufacturing "rights" out of nothing in this country. Perhaps some of these are not quite as proper as they seem.
Fr. Pawlikowski left PC after they issued a statement with profound points like this:
"The full Israeli withdrawal from the territories occupied in 1967, and the dismantling of all settlements as stipulated in UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 as well as the right to protection against (further) annexation of Occupied Territories and forced changes in the demographic composition of Jerusalem is foundational to building a lasting peace."
Of course, the territories were occupied after the Arab nations fought a war to drive the Israelis into the sea. In recorded history there has never been a Palestinian political entity. Before Israel there was Jordan and Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, the Crusader Levant, the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, the Greeks, the kingdom of Judah, the kingdom of Israel, Babylonians, Caananites . . . no Palestinians. Yet they have gained a "right" to the land.
What is a right?
[n] an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.
We seem to be fond of manufacturing "rights" out of nothing in this country. Perhaps some of these are not quite as proper as they seem.
