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Pope walks out after Muslim cleric accuses Israel of 'slaughter'
By Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters
Tags: Pope Israel, Israel news 

The head of the Palestinian Sharia court, Sheikh Taysir al-Tamimi, fiercely denounced Israeli policy in the presence of Pope Benedict on Monday and appealed to the pope to help end what he called the "crimes of the Jewish state."

Speaking at an interfaith conference held at the Notre Dame Church in East Jerusalem, al-Tamimi accused Israel of slaughtering women, children and senior citizens.

The speech was delivered in Arabic, without simultaneous translation, but after the pope was informed of the political nature of al-Tamimi's speech, he left the conference.
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The Sheikh opened his impromptu speech with a story about Saladin, who upheld the rights of Christians after he conquered Jerusalem, stressing that Islam and Christianity must unite against "the Israeli occupation and bring about an independent Palestinian state."

"Israel destroyed our home, exiled our people, built settlements, ruined the Muslim holy sites, and slaughtered women, children and senior citizens in Gaza," he continued. At this point, the conference's organizers tried to persuade al-Tamimi to end his spontaneous speech, but to no avail.

Al-Tamimi won a round of applause from some of the assembled clerics.

Addressing the pope at the end of his six-minute address, he said: "Your Holiness, I call on you in the name of the one God, to condemn these crimes and press the Israeli government to halt its aggression against the Palestinian people."

Al-Tamimi shook the pope's hand as he left the podium and the meeting broke up as scheduled immediately afterwards.

The director general of Israel's Chief Rabbinate, Oded Wiener, said that "Sheikh Tamimi embarrassed the pope."

He said Tamimi, a familiar and fiery figure in Palestinian public life, had pressured the Catholic organisers to be allowed to speak and that the Jewish members would no longer take part in a long-standing, three-way interfaith dialogue until the sheikh was barred from attending.

"The Chief Rabbinate will not continue it as long as Tamimi is part of the Palestinian delegation," Wiener said.

Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, charged with the pope's visit to Israel, said that Tamimi's statements "hurt, first and foremost, Pope Benedict XVI who came to the Holy Land to promote peace and unity between the peoples of the region and all persons of faith."

"Israel condemns these words of hatred uttered by the sheikh, who instead of fostering peace and coexistence chose to plant seeds of division and confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as between Jews, Muslims and Christians," Misezhnikov said.

"It is a shame that the extremists were those who represented the Palestinians and the Muslims in this important event in the presence of the Holy See."

Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi criticized al-Tamimi's speech. "The speech by Sheikh Taysir Tamimi was not scheduled by the organisers of the
meeting. In a meeting dedicated to dialogue, this intervention
was a direct negation of what a dialogue should be. We hope that
such an incident will not damage the mission of the pope aiming
at promoting peace and also interreligious dialogue," he said.


The incident further marred the start of the German-born pope's five-day tour of Israel and the Palestinian territories, after criticism by some Jews that a speech at a Holocaust memorial did not go far enough to mend Catholic-Jewish rifts.

Pope Benedict, in his own speech to the gathering of priests, rabbis and sheikhs, praised their efforts to seek common values and mutual respect to overcome differences in religious practices that "may at times appear as barriers."

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      1.   No problem. 21:58  |  H 11/05/09
      2.   Moslems and Christians unite? No Churches allowed in Saudi Arabia 21:59  |  IW 11/05/09
      3.   good for him 21:59  |  edgar 11/05/09
      4.   leave it to the muslims to spew hatred 22:04  |  God Bless the Pope 11/05/09
      5.   please correct the facts 22:09  |  P 11/05/09
      6.   Good that he walked out ! 22:15  |  Aaron 11/05/09
      7.   "slaughter of women and children" 22:15  |  Rory 11/05/09
      8.   above 22:24  |  moishe 11/05/09
      9.   How Ironic 22:26  |  Mark 11/05/09
      10.   If he did walk away, he did the right thing to do 22:26  |  arik 11/05/09
      11.   The lying sheikh hopes for a modern Saladin 22:30  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 11/05/09
      12.   Pope speaks about Jews suffering, but not about Palestinians 22:33  |  Petteri 11/05/09
      13.   Some walk out - after shaking hands with the racist 22:35  |  Gee 11/05/09
      14.   The pope 22:36  |  Michael 11/05/09
      15.   What a headline ---- 22:36  |  Bitin Dawg 11/05/09
      16.   Good Wishes to the Pope 22:43  |  Reid 11/05/09
      17.   Re: IW 22:50  |  sara 11/05/09
      18.   What must the Pope be thinking ? 22:54  |  Arnold 11/05/09
      19.   new saladin 22:55  |  sherif 11/05/09
      20.   AL-TAMIMI SINGS THE ISLAMIC BATTLE HYMN 22:56  |  Ian 11/05/09
      21.   Christians, Muslims and Jews 22:58  |  A Catholic 11/05/09
      22.   Jesus would not turn his back on the suffering in Gaza! 23:10  |  Maureen Ann 11/05/09
      23.   to #4 23:18  |  Antonio da Silva 11/05/09
      24.   #4 Bandar Michael - As a Palestinian X-Tian 23:20  |  * BEN JABO 11/05/09
      25.   Sheikh Taysir al-Tamimis speach 23:22  |  Constance Blackwell 11/05/09
      26.   to Aaron 23:22  |  Antonio da Silva 11/05/09
      27.   The Pope did the right thing 23:27  |  Mark Lincoln 11/05/09
      28.   Jesus would not turn his back on the suffering in Gaza! 23:27  |  Jeff 11/05/09
      29.   The Pope needs to Speak Up though! Isn`t this what Israel always 23:28  |  JustMe 11/05/09
      30.   At Least We Controled Ourselves... 23:31  |  Yosemite 11/05/09
      31.   Maureen Ann 23:32  |  Nina 11/05/09
      32.   # 15 Mauren Ann....yeah, the best place to rant and rave 23:33  |  Lynn 11/05/09
      33.   Muslim style dialogue 23:34  |  Frank 11/05/09
      34.   The bottom line : 23:40  |  Akram Zekaria 11/05/09
      35.   Sara #10: Israel truly practices freedom of religion--go visit! 23:43  |  IW 11/05/09
      36.   Mareen Anne 23:44  |  Julie 11/05/09
      37.   anti-slaughter speech belonged at peace conference, thank G-d! 23:54  |  Daniel 11/05/09
      38.   Catholic: the Bible says the Law will go forth from Zion 23:55  |  Tulip 11/05/09
      39.   The Vatican knows very well it`s Arabs we`re dealing with here.. 23:56  |  Nemesis 11/05/09
      40.   Verses that can be misconstrued to seem like they incite violence 23:57  |  Nemesis 11/05/09
      41.   european media do not report that pope walked out. 23:57  |  Paul 11/05/09
      42.   Gimme a break Maureen Ann, 23:57  |  Tulip 11/05/09
      43.   I agree with Marck from Jahannesburg 23:57  |  Geoff 11/05/09
      44.   #15 23:58  |  Jane 11/05/09
      45.   Maureen Ann- Where was Jesus when he was needed 23:58  |  Arnold 11/05/09
      46.   MAUREEN Jesus would read the Hamas charter & be horrified 00:00  |  PETER SM 12/05/09
      47.   #14 00:00  |  Jane 12/05/09
      48.   Maureen may not know it but Jesus was born and died a Jew..... 00:01  |  Steven Gilbert 12/05/09
      49.   So after Gaza, he should just move on? 00:02  |  Ari 12/05/09
      50.   To #15 Maureen Ann 00:04  |  Drew 12/05/09
      51.   Maureen - "Jesus would not turn his back on the suffering..." 00:06  |  Alan 12/05/09
      52.   15 maureen Ann 00:09  |  bruce 12/05/09
      53.   For Muslim Fundamentalist both are as evil 00:09  |  ScotGuy 12/05/09
      54.   NO PURITY IN TAMIMI 00:13  |  sam el llanito 12/05/09
      55.   The Pope needs to Speak Up though! Isn`t this what Israel always 00:14  |  JustMe 12/05/09
      56.   sherif # 12 Saladin 00:20  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/09
      57.   A|ll these NEGATIVES will end when OCCUPATIONS END. 00:22  |  Barry 12/05/09
      58.   13# Ian.YES, the man is a confirmed SUFFERING 00:27  |  Karrim Khan 12/05/09
      59.   walk out or scheduled end? 00:28  |  chris 12/05/09
      60.   mAUIREEN Jesus would know the whole srtory of the conflict 00:29  |  PETER SM 12/05/09
      61.   Same as terrorist arabs who use kids and women as human shields 00:35  |  Joseph.E 12/05/09
      62.   #14. catholic you do hit the nail at the top alright. 00:37  |  Kader 12/05/09
      63.   Walks out as scheduled 00:46  |  Logic 12/05/09
      64.   Tamimi and the make belive "Palestinian state" 00:52  |  Giora 12/05/09
      65.   This pope is hypocrit, a selective humanist!! 00:57  |  Moise 12/05/09
      66.   i just want to point something .. 00:59  |  Jacki 12/05/09
      67.   #15 Maureen Ann: Liberate Gaza from the oppressor Hamas 01:04  |  Mario Aranha 12/05/09
      68.   Too Little, Too Late, after Destruction of Rome? 01:04  |  Amjad 12/05/09
      69.   #15 Maureen Ann 01:06  |  Giora 12/05/09
      70.   Interesting question 01:08  |  RfaelMoshe 12/05/09
      71.   Why Are We Jews So Surprised? 01:12  |  BDF 12/05/09
      72.   dead gods ! 01:15  |  Hegel 12/05/09
      73.   Question for P 01:20  |  Jasper 12/05/09
      74.   A Palestinian Avi Lieberman 01:29  |  Binyamin 12/05/09
      75.   #15, Jesus would of been expelled from gaza 01:34  |  me me 12/05/09
      76.   Sara 310 01:40  |  sel 12/05/09
      77.   The cleric showed the pope he represents Aparthide 01:41  |  Abu Halil 12/05/09
      78.   Maureen 01:42  |  Jasper 12/05/09
      79.   These people are idiots, but more so the ones who let him in 01:55  |  Alfredo 12/05/09
      80.   Israel slaughter? the Muslims make me laugh! 01:57  |  MMM 12/05/09
      81.   I don`t think Jesus will side with the Palestinians 02:03  |  Maria 12/05/09
      82.   This is what dialogue is all about 02:07  |  Joe 12/05/09
      83.   UNITED 02:07  |  Mohammad 12/05/09
      84.   SO WHAT? 02:08  |  indrajaya 12/05/09
      85.   SO WHAT? 02:08  |  indrajaya 12/05/09
      86.   throw the first stone 02:09  |  carlos 12/05/09
      87.   Pope 02:15  |  Joe in LA 12/05/09
      88.   Maureen Ann #15 Jesus would not turn his back on Sderot 02:29  |  Miki 12/05/09
      89.   #15 02:30  |  Joey 12/05/09
      90.   Christians believe in JC the son of God, Do jews? 02:31  |  lydia 12/05/09
      91.   14 02:32  |  Hisham 12/05/09
      92.   Maureen 02:32  |  Jerryk 12/05/09
      93.   No fan of the Pope, but Maureen needs her head examined! 02:36  |  Claudia 12/05/09
      94.   In my dreams... 02:57  |  Misha Thal 12/05/09
      95.   A strange definition of "dialogue" 03:05  |  Tarik 12/05/09
      96.   #15 - Jesus would be the kid in Israel killed by Hamas rockets 03:07  |  L. Rose 12/05/09
      97.   no 2 IVV of USA 03:09  |  Hisham 12/05/09
      98.   What kind of reporting is this? 03:11  |  utagawa 12/05/09
      99.   Israel and the Pope want to hide the "Slaughter" 03:29  |  SAMI 12/05/09
      100.   Das is Gut! 03:31  |  phillipe t. lucre 12/05/09
      101.   religion 03:32  |  oz 12/05/09
      102.   The Pope`s visit 03:36  |  Reality Check 12/05/09
      103.   arabs love 03:41  |  ehud 12/05/09
      104.   #15 - Jesus would be the kid killed in Israel by Hamas rockets 03:58  |  L. Rose 12/05/09
      105.   Jewish Land 04:12  |  Avi 12/05/09
      106.   To #15 04:54  |  Ahmed 12/05/09
      107.   Muslims kill more Muslims 05:23  |  Samuel Prime 12/05/09
      108.   The Pope noticed this 05:29  |  Middle East Guru 12/05/09
      109.   To # 19 05:31  |  Chalabee 12/05/09
      110.   #25 L.Rose Jesus would be the kid killed in Israel by Hamas 05:40  |  Lou Medel 12/05/09
      111.   To #12 Sherif 05:43  |  John 12/05/09
      112.   To #15 05:46  |  John 12/05/09
      113.   Same as Ahnmedinajad at Durban II so The head of the arab PA Sha 05:50  |  Joseph.E 12/05/09
      114.   Terror PLO-PA hordes are arabs occupiers of the Land of Israel 06:03  |  Joseph.E 12/05/09
      115.   SAMi the only slaughter is the Islamist agenda of Hamas 06:10  |  PETER SM 12/05/09
      116.   Catholic, they are indeed 06:16  |  Mike McKenna 12/05/09
      117.   Who Took What? 06:20  |  Lia D`ELana 12/05/09
      118.   Multi-lateral Interfaith Dialogues 06:34  |  Shimon Cleopas 12/05/09
      119.   To # 34 07:03  |  utagawa 12/05/09
      120.   MEDEL Was Pontious Pilate Jewish? 07:19  |  PETER SM 12/05/09
      121.   Pope Visit 08:13  |  Fred 12/05/09
      122.   The irony apparently got lost on `head of the Palestinian Sharia` 08:23  |  Dan 12/05/09
      123.   Unite? Really? So why all the christians escaped Arab countries? 08:32  |  Dan 12/05/09
      124.   Can a Jew pray on the Temple Mount ? 08:35  |  Zev 12/05/09
      125.   Joe, what point does the guy have? 08:39  |  Dan 12/05/09
      126.   indrajaya, Indonesia anahilated 3M East Timories and 1M Chinese 08:43  |  Look who is talking 12/05/09
      127.   mosques recruitement centers for jihad 09:18  |  muslims hate all 12/05/09
      128.   Apparently the Pope is in the business of shaking anyone`s hand.. 09:21  |  S 12/05/09
      129.   to #10 09:24  |  SS 12/05/09
      130.   #16 09:40  |  SS 12/05/09
      131.   The Pope walks out. 10:00  |  David Nigel Braham 12/05/09
      132.   POLITICS & THE VATICAN 10:02  |  Benedict XVII 12/05/09
      133.   All 3 Religions are Human Made Religions 10:29  |  Hector Bonifacius 12/05/09
      134.   The Pope and Sheikh al-Tamimi`s rant 10:29  |  Judith Nusbaum 12/05/09
      135.   #17 There is a Christian population in Gaza 10:39  |  Miggy 12/05/09
      136.   The Muslim cleric is right.... 10:55  |  Dutch 12/05/09
      137.   The Pope walks out - good 11:14  |  Steve the Pals. 12/05/09
      138.   Broken up or timely ended interfaith conference? 12:42  |  H.H.M 12/05/09
      139.   TARIK Dialogue and Pal propoganda are not synonimous 13:38  |  PETER SM 12/05/09
      140.   SS #65/66 cute name SS 13:58  |  SIPO 12/05/09
      141.   Rev Jeremiah Wright Rides Again 14:27  |  Randy Commissaris 12/05/09
      142.   Miggy # 71 Not A Very Large One 14:35  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/09
      143.   Why not have an agnostics/atheists conference 14:49  |  ave 12/05/09
      144.   the truth hurts, everything he said 14:56  |  sam i am 12/05/09
      145.   Jesus 14:58  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      146.   Dutch # 75 Get Back To Us Later 14:59  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/09
      147.   is it true 15:00  |  hic 12/05/09
      148.   #20 message from Jasper 15:05  |  my name is Maureen 12/05/09
      149.   # 65 Look who is talking 15:15  |  Hector Bonifacius 12/05/09
      150.   Jeff Northridge Jesus in Gaza? 15:17  |  ave 12/05/09
      151.   #31 In answer to Lydia 15:21  |  The Prophet 12/05/09
      152.   Truth - The truth is G-D (Joh 18,37) 15:22  |  Antoine Doinel 12/05/09
      153.   # 34 Tarik....the Imam was out of line 15:29  |  Lynn 12/05/09
      154.   Truth - The truth is G-D (Joh 18,37) 15:29  |  Antoine Doinel 12/05/09
      155.   good move 15:32  |  tristan 12/05/09
      156.   # 25 Mohammed...everyone, including you, 15:36  |  Lynn 12/05/09
      157.   # 47 Middle East Guru....exactly right 15:39  |  Lynn 12/05/09
      158.   #74 15:44  |  Tania 12/05/09
      159.   Truth - Is G-D truth (Joh 18,37)? 15:45  |  rocko_klein@gmx.de 12/05/09
      160.   mufti 16:34  |  bar kochva 12/05/09
      161.   The Truth Hurts 16:48  |  Salahudeen Ayubi 12/05/09
      162.   holy man 16:48  |  danish 12/05/09
      163.   JASPER # 100 16:52  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      164.   maureen 16:53  |  danish 12/05/09
      165.   # 12 sherif 16:59  |  ehud 12/05/09
      166.   JACKIE your reply *45 17:00  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      167.   Claudia Tampy * 46 17:13  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      168.   # 114 maureen 17:18  |  ehud 12/05/09
      169.   Lynn to middle east guru 110 17:27  |  ave 12/05/09
      170.   ave # 94 Yeah, But... 17:27  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/09
      171.   danish # 115 17:30  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      172.   # 119 addressed to *jackie instead of Jerryk 17:36  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      173.   PLEASE; PLEASE; and please again 17:47  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      174.   14 lydia. Jews do not believe in JC because, while he may save- 17:53  |  an answer for lydia 12/05/09
      175.   Poor sara/muslims/arabs etc 18:41  |  lily 12/05/09
      176.   Salahudeen Ayubi # 115 What`s Illegal About An Occupation? 18:54  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/09
      177.   Pusillanimous Pope 19:13  |  Pssd Off American 12/05/09
      178.   muhammad 19:23  |  ehud 12/05/09
      179.   # 123 ehud 19:25  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      180.   JESUS THE KING OF ISRAEL 19:30  |  ELIAS 12/05/09
      181.   TO: L. ROSE. JESUS WAS BORN IN THE RIGHT TIME. 19:54  |  ELIAS 12/05/09
      182.   Maureen 20:23  |  Jasper 12/05/09
      183.   #182 - Jasper 20:52  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      184.   This Pope always amaze me 20:54  |  JP 12/05/09
      185.   # 181 Elias 20:56  |  Maureen 12/05/09
      186.   # 171 maureen 21:30  |  danish 12/05/09
      187.   This pope is a bigot... 22:07  |  Che 12/05/09
      188.   This Pope is a man of good manners , educated opinions 22:55  |  Joseph.E 12/05/09
      189.   Musilm rule of the holy land - Math quiz 22:58  |  sherif 12/05/09
      190.   WHY JESUS WOULD NOT PREACH THE GOSPEL TO PALESTINIAN 23:00  |  ELIAS 12/05/09
      191.   an answer for Lydia 23:01  |  Sean 12/05/09
      192.   ELIAS # 180 It`s Your Last Paragraph Where Some People Balk 23:14  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/09
      193.   #169 ave.......I did not say to the Pals 23:20  |  Lynn 12/05/09
      194.   Wow Mufti can make Hitler Youth Alumni walk out! 23:21  |  Baruch Gold 12/05/09
      195.   Hurray, a Pope did something right 23:33  |  Mark B. 12/05/09
      196.   Sharia Court supports honor killings, incest and rape 23:35  |  Baruch Gold 12/05/09
      197.   to Paul #41HE JUST DID NOT LEAVE 00:21  |  Wahbi 13/05/09
      198.   sipo 00:56  |  ehud 13/05/09
      199.   Anger toward Jews 01:08  |  Gully Foyle 13/05/09
      200.   Dutch 01:08  |  oz 13/05/09
      201.   ELIAS crucifixion and the messiah incompatible 01:18  |  Roo 13/05/09
      202.   sara 01:34  |  ehud 13/05/09
      203.   Jeff Northridge #176 BS rating just went critical 01:38  |  Roo 13/05/09
      204.   ELIAS crucifixion and the messiah incompatible 01:39  |  Roo 13/05/09
      205.   Elias: I second that! 01:39  |  Catholic Artist 13/05/09
      206.   Maureen maureen maureen 01:54  |  alan the real one 13/05/09
      207.   Constance Blackwell 25 01:57  |  ChanahS 13/05/09
      208.   IW #35 02:20  |  jennifer 13/05/09
      209.   IW #35 03:01  |  jennifer 13/05/09
      210.   For God`s sake, the POPE DOES NOT KNOW ARABIC! 05:31  |  Ben 13/05/09
      211.   Israel & the Pope don`t like reality intruding on their photo OP 07:43  |  peacelover 13/05/09
      212.   reactionary hypocrisy 08:20  |  Tedd 13/05/09
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