After the recent news about the Palestinian Authority TV sermon that stated that “Hitler was sent by Allah to punish the Jews” and about the Pope comparing “Populists” to Hitler while he called for open doors to all migrants, now comes the news that Palestinian Archbishop Atallah Hanna has slammed evangelical Christians with the wild claim that they “do not belong to Christianity at all.”
This clerical wolf in sheep’s clothing has joined the Leftist chorus and his statement serves only to embolden jihadists who have endeavored to obliterate Israel since its founding. Hanna goes on:
The Christian evangelists are tantamount to pulpits in the service of the Zionist enterprise. They are enemies of Christian values, and when they come to Palestine they do not visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Church of the Nativity, but rather [Jewish communities] located on the stolen lands of our people as a sign of solidarity with [Israel].”
There is no “Palestine.” And note that Hanna makes no mention of the persecution of Christians who have been driven out of lands they inhabited since Biblical times. In the 1950’s, Bethlehem and its surrounding villages were 86 percent Christian. Currently, the Christian population is under 12 percent, and the area is a dangerous and unfriendly territory to Christians. This is not because of Israel.
“‘Zionist Christians’ do ‘not belong to Christianity’ according to Palestinian Christian leader,” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, World Israel News, October 24, 2018:
A Palestinian Christian leader has demonized Evangelical Christians as being “pulpits in the service of the Zionist enterprise.” In fact, the Head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Archbishop Atallah Hanna stated that “Evangelical Christians” or “Zionist Christians” do “not belong to Christianity,” and that they “have no connection to the values of Christianity”:
“Head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Archbishop Atallah Hanna said that neither the Christian nor the church dictionary contain anything called ‘Evangelical Christians’ or ‘Zionist Christians.’ He added: ‘The aforementioned do not belong to Christianity at all; they have no connection to the values of Christianity and to the evangelical principles that always prefer to identify with the deprived and ill-fated of the world. They are closer to Judaism and Zionism and have no connection to Christianity.’
Archbishop Hanna said: ‘The Christian Evangelists are tantamount to pulpits in the service of the Zionist enterprise. They are enemies of the Christian values, and when they come to Palestine they do not visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Church of the Nativity, but rather the colonies located on the stolen lands of our people as a sign of solidarity with the occupation.'”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 24, 2018]
Mac-101 says
If you believe inn the Good Book it is real plain. No one needs a Theologist to interpret this subject. I Stand with Israel!
Clive Stephen Delmonte says
I am with Israel and with the Evangelists. The idea of a “Palestinian Archbishop” is an oxymoron.
Mac-101 says
The Archbishop is between a rock and a hard place. However Christian Arabs have really sealed their future by hatin Israel since it’s founding. Lebanon had declared itself a Christian state.
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If they had a mutual coexistence with Israeli back in the 60s and 70s Lebanon would still be the Pearle of the Mediterranean and the could be offering Refuge to ME Christians as Israel offers refuge to Jews around the Word. Instead they offered refuge to the Jordanian Palestinians back in 1972? After 10,000 were killed by King Hussein. We KNOW how that turned out. No good deed goes unpunished! No LOL!
Jan Favre says
Normal from a Dhimmi who witness the vanishinb of his Church. In the fities, Betlehem 60% Christians, now less than 10%. Evangelicals are the lively offsprin of the dying mainstream church. Evangelicals stand for Christianity while main Stream churches sing the song of Swan in deceitful dialogue with religious wolves.
Indiana Tom says
Agree. He enjoys being a dhimmi and his flock will not be around too much longer one way or the other. Sad to say.
Peggy says
I don’t think he enjoys anything but he is certainly feeding the crocodile.
I can somewhat understand, not agree with, Christian leaders in the ME siding with Islam because they probably feel they have to choose between a fast and a slow death and they have chosen the slow one but I cant understand Christians in Christian countries doing the same.
They don’t have to have the option of any death.
Mac-101 says
So True! These Islamic SCUM play rough. No PC there!
Indiana Tom says
I have been around Priests and Ministers who defend Islam. They have a perverse high holier than thou moral pleasure in defending it while degrading their own Christian religion. So I am sticking with the word enjoy.
eduardo odraude says
When living as minorities among Muslim majorities, many Christians have had their minds colonized and terrorized by Islamic brutality to the point that many of those Christians often actually in some pathological way “believe” what their Islamic overlords insist upon. Imagine Stockholm Syndrome incubated not just over months but over decades and longer. Perhaps also many of these brutalized Christians do not believe these anti-Semitic notions, but mouth them when necessary to survive among devout followers of Muhammad.
eduardo odraude says
Imagine, furthermore, that you are a Christian parent raising a child in a Muslim-majority society. Wouldn’t such a parent in many cases teach his or her children some false beliefs so that those children don’t get in trouble in that society? Many of those children, for their own protection, will never be told that those beliefs were false. Thus over generations the non-Muslim minority is gradually and in many ways invisibly subverted at its core. Then even those non-Muslims not taught the false beliefs and undecided about those beliefs notice that lots of non-Muslims seem to genuinely adhere and argue for those beliefs. Thus much of the non-Muslim community comes to assume that the false beliefs are true. The non-Muslim minority culture has thus been almost invisibly broken at its core, broken by persistent intimidation, violence, and discrimination and the defenses non-Muslims use to deal with all that.
utis says
I agree with both of your postings. This man’s testimony is totally suspect. Non-muslims are hostages in a muslim society. The archbishop has reason to fear telling the truth. Either he or his flock can be exterminated in a second by an “outraged” mob hearing the truth. Stockholm syndrome was born in the Middle East.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Eduardo.
A Persecuted Christian says
Sadly, I agree. This archbishop as some of you said is feeding the crocodile, is being subservient and is not able to exercise freedom of conscience.
It is very unfortunate for a non-muslim to be born in a land with a surrounding muslim population.
The muslim bullying to the non-muslims is unbelievable, they have to say anything to survive.
Indiana Tom says
The muslim bullying to the non-muslims is unbelievable, they have to say anything to survive.
Yeah, and the Christians not in Muslim dominated lands say the same crap as the Christians in Muslim dominated lands.
Go figure.
Guy Forester says
In my opinion, he probably wants to keep his head attached to his shoulders. As a result, he very carefully studies and practices the script handed to him by Hamas and/or the PA. Besides, I think the Greek Orthodox church in that area is probably quite small compared to the others, including Armenian and Arab Christian sects.
FYI says
Who says the “Palestinian” freak show in a dress is even an actual Christian himself?
And note he doesn’t even bother to wear the cross:afraid,perhaps to upset the muslims as we know how much they hate that symbol?
Perhaps he should study his Bible more{Matthew chapter 23 in particular:what Jesus thinks of clergymen}
He appears to be the very one that doesn’t belong to Christianity.
Dressing up as a clergyman and claiming to be a Christian is not enough.
Matthew 7 v 21-22
Sam says
I am not a Christian. But if this guy claims himself Christian and badmouths other Christians for helping Israel, He can not be a Christian.
Wellington says
A combination of Stockholm Syndrome and being a Quisling.
gravenimage says
Yep.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
The Palestinian Archbishop has refused to be evil jewish slave like idiot Evangelical mithraist christians in the west.According to obnoxious Talmud mithraist christians (akums) are not human beings and, therefore, if a Jew kills them there is nothing against him. It has been happening that when fascist evil zionists are carrying out mass killings of Palestinians, demolishing their houses, they never spare Palestinian Christians, they slaughter them together.so,it is not to appease Muslims that Palestinian Christians appose fascist evil Zionist State of Israel, it is for their survival and national interests. That is why you find Palestinian Christians among Hamas freedom fighters. so, Mr spencer and Co you are only deceiving people that Palestinian Christians love fascist evil zionists the murderers.
Wellington says
Ibrahim, you represent in microcosm one of the greatest plagues of our time—the unhinged Muslim (and please excuse the redundancy).
Personally, I view your commenting here as a positive since it reveals to many just how loopy true Muslimthink really is. So, keep up the “good work.”
As ever I remain
Incorrigibly and non-Islamically yours,
Wellington
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
You are absolutely correct about Ibrahim. I have been reading Jihad Watch for the past three years and I have never seen him post anything that reflected anything that remotely resembled clear thinking, evidence-based thought.
Truly sad.
gravenimage says
True, Wellington and James.
WPM says
You will not find “Christians” among Hamas, Christians need not apply to Islamic terror groups you inbred moron .Hamas is very happy killing Christians and Jews who live or visit Israel .Hamas and other Jihad groups have push or harass or kill Christians living in Israel for years to create their fakestinian state. The “Jews” never in Israel have push or harass Christians who live there or destroyed Christian sites like the fakestinians have . The Jews do not plot or attack Christians over seas in Europe ,Americas , Asian ,Africa , like the Moslems.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
The Palestinian Archbishop has refused to be evil jewish slave like idiot Evangelical mithraist christians in the west.
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Ibrahim itace muhammed has said before that if Christians don’t want to be raped and murdered by Muslims that they must be slaves of Jews.
More:
According to obnoxious Talmud mithraist christians (akums) are not human beings and, therefore, if a Jew kills them there is nothing against him.
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And yet, Christians have equal rights in Israel, including freedom of worship–of course, Ibrahim itace muhammed has never been able to explain this…
More:
It has been happening that when fascist evil zionists are carrying out mass killings of Palestinians, demolishing their houses, they never spare Palestinian Christians, they slaughter them together.
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What utter tripe. Israel just defends themselves against violent Jihad. But then, this Mohammedan has also said that it is forbidden for Jews or Christians to defend against Jihad. And no–Christians involved in Jihad are vanishingly rare.
More:
so,it is not to appease Muslims that Palestinian Christians appose fascist evil Zionist State of Israel, it is for their survival and national interests.
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What absolute tripe. “Palestinian” Muslims have almost wiped out Christians in Gaza, and they are more and more threatened in the “Palestinian territories”, as well. For instance, Bethlehem in 1950 was 86 percent Christian–but by 2016, the Christian population dipped to just 12 percent.
Whereas, the exact opposite is happening in Israel itself:
“Israel’s Expanding Christian Population”
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2016/11/israels-expanding-christian-population/
Of course, Ibrahim itacemuhammed can’t explain this, either.
More:
That is why you find Palestinian Christians among Hamas freedom fighters. so, Mr spencer and Co you are only deceiving people that Palestinian Christians love fascist evil zionists the murderers.
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While over the past seventy years I’ve been able to find just four “Palestinian” Christians involved in terrorism–Chris Bandak, Wadie Haddad, George Habas, and Sirhan Sirhan–I cannot find a single instance of Christians joining Hamas.
Unless Ibrahim itace muhammed is referring to the brave Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas leader who converted to Christianity. Of course, he is not waging violent Jihad–but now opposing it.
“‘Son of Hamas’ Tells Jerusalem Post Conference: Islam is the Problem”
https://www.jpost.com/Annual-Conference/Son-of-Hamas-tells-JPost-conference-Islam-is-the-problem-454703
Rather a different matter…
Petey says
your so full of your own shit yous skins turned brown!
Indiana Tom says
Sounds like Mormonism.
The more you sin the darker your skin becomes. but if you read the Book of Mormon, then you become white and delightsome.
Benedict says
Christian only in word, still a bloody Arab at heart
charles martel says
What business has this Greek Orthodox hierarch to show off with the muslims.This type of bishops sell and buy anything suitable to their hypocrisy. The consider themself the only self-righteous and wrongly believe all the other Christians will go to hell. Only Orthodox goto heaven. Shame on all these hypocrites, be it bishops, priests, monks or nuns! hame anthem all. Most of the Orthodox hierarchs colluded with the communists government in so many countries and persecuted their own clergies.
Most if not ll of them are anti-Catholic and against any other Christian group of people.
This Greek Bishop is a disgrace even to the Orthodox Church worldwide. He would compromise with islam as they did in May 29 1453 when they failed to protect Constantinople and made it easier to the conquerers turks to invade the imperial city.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
wpm, you only say it. The reality on ground is that fascist evil Zionist State of Israel never spares Palestinian Christians in the mass killings and oppression by evil Zionists , either in the occupied Palestinian territory or within the fascist evil Zionist State itself.Conduct independent survey among Palestinians to hear from them how fascist evil Zionist State treat them. A liar!!
Wellington says
In microcosm, Ibrahim, you are the true face of what Islam intends for all the world. For confirmation of this, just reference what I in my 4:30 P.M. post above stated, as well as what James Lincoln in his 5:01 P.M. post above asserted.
Put another way, Ibrahim, you only confirm to rational people (sorry, but this excludes you) one time after another that with every rant of yours here at JW, where the word “evil” is used to a ludicrous degree, never mind any other vocabulary absurdities on your part, you only confirm all the more how believing in Islam is indeed a form of mental illness. I put you forward here as Exhibit #1.
And contemplate this as well: Has anything you have stated over the years at JW moved anyone of sense to a more positive view of Islam? Oh yeah, reflect upon this query to the extent you are capable, which, sorry to say, is diminutive in significant degree.
This is all for now. Have a nice evening, deluded follower of the world’s worst religion of all time.
James Lincoln says
Ibrahim is so far gone that he lacks the ability to be even slightly embarrassed by the feedback that he receives.
Jihad Watch readers are wasting their time by responding to his rants. His worldview is seen totally through the eyes of Islam – he is incapable of seeing the world in any other way.
Unless something drastically changes for him from within, I see no hope.
gravenimage says
More unsubstantiated crap from Ibrahim itace muhammed.
FYI says
I’m happy to explain it to you mr muhammed…in your own language..
You see it’s all due to…. mithraist zionists smelly scums of evils!
There;that explains it…
Indiana Tom says
I always thought Ibrahim’s posts were rather comical and his Mithraism Christianity is a total gas.
It just shows he has no concept of actual historical Christianity or actual historical Mithraism.
I always loved how the Holy Spirit is the Devil. Far Out man! Cheech and Chong have nothing on this guy.
Peggy says
Israel does not target Christians. If Christians do happen to get caught in the crossfire it’s horrible but unavoidable.
Maybe if Islamists didn’t hide among civilians this wouldn’t happen but cowards will be cowards.
gravenimage says
Palestinian Archbishop: Evangelical Christians are “enemies of the Christian values” for supporting Israel
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Some dhimmi Christians have adopted this vicious tripe, and some feel they need to say this lest Muslims murder them and their flocks.
Disgusting, in any case.
Indiana Tom says
You mean like the United Methodist Church?
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Wellington, even though you claim to be Agonistic who is in doubt on the existence of God, you are mithraist christian evangelist who submit to evil Zionists whom mithraist Bible says shall be supported and not talk about atrocities they have been committing. A fool!!
Wellington says
Well, Ibrahim, you just prove again what I asserted in my previous post about you. And exactly, I really, really want to know, how one can be an agnostic and yet a mithraist christian at the same time? Give this one a shot, Ibrahim, with that typical Muslimthink in which you are so steeped.
P.S. I have never, per your contention, submitted to anyone or anything, though if you are a Muzzie, as you are, such a person has submission written all over them.
gravenimage says
🙂
gravenimage says
Muslims always characterize everyone in the West as Christian–even those who are Agnostic or Atheist.
And note again–Ibrahim itace muhammed believes that anyone who doesn’t want to be victimized by Muslims has “submitted” to Jews.
And why is this? Because pious Muslims are incapable of conceiving of people living in freedom as equals. So, as they would have it, if Christians–and Agnostics–are not slaves of Muslims, they must ergo be slaves of Jews.
What a sick mindset.
R Russell says
Many years ago I worked with a Greek Orthodox Christian. We occasionally had conversations.
I had no idea till then that G.O. believed replacement theology. He was a very nice man and gracious in every way until the word ‘Jew’ was raised. He would proudly tell me how many years it had taken (don’t remember how many) the Greeks to obliterate every little piece of Jewishness from the church.
I was astonished, for they had still kept Jesus!.
I wonder if all Orthodox churches are the same?
R Russell says
I wonder why the Christian Arab archbishop has accepted the false Muslim name, ‘Palestinian’?
I wonder if he has had any conversations with the many Evangelical Arab Christians in Israel?
I know there is a ministry in Israel which reaches out to Arabs and when they convert they learn with the power of the Holy Spirit to love each other.
This is a man who now lives in Israel and has brought Arabs and Israelis together. Drug addicts, now clean they are united in the love of Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRIgPzL7-4
It’s long but it’s worth watching.
Spiro says
Another one drinking the koo aid
For his information the Jews were there way before any Moslem even existed
Indiana Tom says
I always loved the Al Aqsa Mosque concept. Mighty Mo and Fuzzy Muzzies were tripping the light fantastic on that one. Magical Mystery Tour.
Lydia Church says
IF ONE WISHES TO RUN FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND ENTERS THE DOORS OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH TO ESCAPE…. HE WILL HAVE TO KEEP RUNNING… PERHAPS OUT A WINDOW…. OTHERWISE HE WILL JUST BE HANDED RIGHT BACK OVER TO POPE FRANCIS!
They have already shaken hands.
Pope francis is uniting all churches under his wings including the orthodox, the protestant and evangelical, pentecostal, all of them in false unity to establish the One World Church. In the end times the antichrist will seek to control all under his power and to unify all the churches, religions, nations, peoples will accomplish this goal, as we all see happening right now.
Don’t think that membership in a church means anything. It is belonging to Jesus that means everything. Without that, all else means nothing.
See below: (Google pope francis and eastern orthodox church for source)
“The Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, also known as the Havana Declaration, was issued following the first meeting in February 2016 between Pope Francis, who as the Bishop of Rome is the pontiff of the Catholic Church, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus’, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches. This was the first time leaders of the Roman Church and the Moscow Patriarchate had met. While the meeting was also seen as a symbolic moment in the history of relations between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox churches as a community, which had split in the Great Schism of 1054, centuries before the Moscow Patriarchate was constituted, it was not expected to lead to any immediate rapprochement between them.[1]
The 30-point declaration contains a joint call by the two church primates for an end to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and to wars in the region, expressing their hope that the meeting might contribute to the re-establishment of Christian unity between the two churches. A range of other issues are mentioned in the declaration, including atheism, secularism, consumerism, migrants and refugees, the importance of marriage and the family, and concerns relating to abortion and euthanasia.[2]”
Wikipedia
Indiana Tom says
Speaking of Lydia’s post about all the churches becoming apostated and people coming out of them and belonging to Jesus reminds me of the theology of the Church of God Anderson IN.
Lydia, are you a member of the Church of God Anderson IN?
Mano says
Hey IbrahimThrace .
Can greek orthodox Christians prey freely in Turkey or agia sofia. Can orthodox christians or Christians pray feely in occupied northen Cyprus on Kosovo. As a greek orthodox Christian to hell with Turkey and islam. I have different views with Jews or Evangelicals but at the end of the day I dont have problem with Jews or Evangelical. And at the end of the day jews or Evangelical dont threaten to kill or bomb other people’s compared to as islam. I dont see a rabbi or a preacher going around blowing themselves up in the name of Allah.
Indiana Tom says
Can greek orthodox Christians prey freely in Turkey or agia sofia.
I suppose they can prey and hunt. I dunno.
Yokel says
Tom, I guess that English is not Mano’s first language. Please go easy on mistaken English until we know that intent behind it is also wrong.
Remember that you (a Yank) and I (an Englishman) could also have many a scrap about your bastardisation of my language. Though I’d hope we’d do it over a pint (a proper 20 fl oz, not the cheating 16 fl oz version) or several in a bar, and get a portion of chips (french fries to you) to eat as we walked home afterwards.
Baucent says
This is a disgraceful cleric who is a puppet of the muslim control PA. He spouts PA propaganda.
J.W.K. says
What else can you expect from a religion that gives absolute power to a pope, puts tradition above the Word of God, teaches people to sin all they want then run to a priest for absolution, and rewards pedophiles? This is just business as usual with the Great whore of Babylon and its many anti-Christ leaders.
Clarence D'Souza says
Archbishop Atallah Hanna sounds more like Ayatollah Atallah Hanna