Re the boost of coins from British Palestine by @smlx4 and the exclamation that Palestine existed in 1927, it helps to have an understanding of that region and the long & complex history involved. Can anyone recommend good concise references to sum up the history of the region please?
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#EmperorConstantin as the 1st #Christofascist in #history, wow, that really gave me pause! 
But, yes, when the #religion of the oppressed became the state religion, it can be argued that it Christ's thinking was perverted:
"ἐν τούτῳ νίκα", "In hoc signo vinces," "In this [sign thou shalt] conquer", the #Crusades in the #HolyLand" and against the Slavs, the #Conquista of Latin,...
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According to the United Nations, the Palestinians need $2.8 billion to recover: https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-un-humanitarian-appeal-famine-shifa-7765cef456f284f1fc4901155e1fd5f8
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AP News · UN appeals for $2.8 billion to help 3 million Palestinians in desperate need of food and other aid
That great and much publicized biblical text, John 3:16, came up in the church’s lectionary this Lent, as many worshippers may recall. Here it is, in part: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son…”
Read more here: https://hpaulsantmire.net/john-316-and-holy-war/
H. Paul Santmire · John 3:16 and Holy WarThe Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire is a historian and pastoral scholar in the disciplines of ecological theology, environmental ethics, and Christian liturgy and spirituality.
https://youtu.be/8tIdCsMufIY
This Land Is Mine
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Same with #LandOfIsrael, where #Israel refers to the #Patriarch, not to the land
Assertions that "Israel" is an artificial 20th c invention of #Zionists erases 1000s of years of documentation whose existence has never been contested.
Meanwhile, #Hamas Charter says
7. #Palestine is the #HolyLand, which #Allah has blessed for humanity
Doesn't #Judaism predate #Islam?
10. Its #Islamic & #Christian holy places belong exclusively to #Palestinian
Erasure of #Jewish holy sites
A powerful piece of writing everyone should read
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#NoChristmasForPalestine
Paul Biggar · I can't sleepI can't sleep. I'm lying in bed every night, and images of Gaza are running through my head. Fathers holding their babies, dead, caked in dust. Bombs dropped on homes [1], on hospitals [2], on schools [3]. Tens of thousands of dead [4] in indiscriminate bombings [5]. Children crying, pulling
"Why Are Palestinian Christians Leaving Jesus’ Birthplace? [Pt. 1]"
"While #Hamas's outrageous acts of #terrorism should be condemned unconditionally, one must not confuse what is really at issue in the #HolyLand. The choice is not one hardline faction or the other; it is between the fundamentalists on both sides and all those who still believe in the possibility of peaceful co-existence."
Source: SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK
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Does a caravan pulled by 8 horses value people more than the folks on the side of the ride trying to make the pilgrimage from Europe to Jerusalem in the 8th century?
Countries in Hebrew!
There’s to many to teach but comment below with your mother or fatherland.
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"A #Lutheran #church ceremony in #Jerusalem on Sunday ordained the first #Palestinian female #pastor in the #HolyLand."
https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-palestinian-woman-ordained-as-pastor-at-lutheran-church-in-jerusalem/
www.timesofisrael.comFirst Palestinian woman ordained as pastor at Lutheran church in JerusalemSally Azar, who will be one of five ordained women in the Middle East, to head English-speaking congregation at the Church of the Redeemer