Pope Francis & Israel's Netanyahu To Meet In Rome Next Week

PM Netanyahu, Pope Francis To Meet In Rome Next Week

Posted by: Staff Writer October 17, 2013, BreakingNewsIsrael.com

Prime Minister Netanyahu is set to meet with Pope Francis for the first time since his ordination when he travels to Rome next week. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel to Rome next week, where he is set to meet with Pope Francis for the first time, according to the Jerusalem Post. Netanyahu will meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry there as well his office announced Wednesday.

The prime minister is expected to meet with Kerry on October 23 and discuss Iran and the ongoing peace talks.

President Shimon Peres met with the pope in April, and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein spoke with him at the Vatican last week

While there has been much conversation as to when the pope will visit Israel, no official date has been set as of yet. During his meeting with Edelstein, the pope said, “I will come, yes I’ll come,” in response to the Knesset speaker’s invitation.

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Israel Marks Holocaust, Warns World 'Never Forget'

By Julie Stahl and Chris Mitchell

CBN News Jerusalem Bureau

Monday, April 08, 2013

 

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Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Museum

- Jerusalem, Israel

 

  

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israelis remembered the Holocaust on Monday and highlighted the Jewish resistance on the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

 

Sirens wailed as Israel stood still in memory of millions of Jews who were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust.

 

For two minutes, traffic stopped and Israelis paused to reflect on the World War II horrors that came upon the Jewish people -- on those who survived and those who didn't.

 

Visiting Secretary of State John Kerry joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and laid a wreath in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

 

Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day officially began with a state ceremony at Yad VaShem, Israel's Holocaust Museum.

 

Survivors and their relatives lit six torches -- each representing 1 million Jews who perished in the Nazi reign of terror.

 

 

 

This year marked the 70th anniversary of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the first large-scale rebellion against the Nazis in Europe. It became a symbol of the struggle against impossible odds.

 

Israeli President Shimon Peres said the threat of the Holocaust against one nation is a threat against all nations.

 

Meanwhile, Netanyahu made reference to the threat from Iran.

 

"The murderous hatred against the Jews that has accompanied the history of our people has not disappeared," the prime minister warned.

 

With less than 200,000 Holocaust survivors left in Israel, there is concern that the memory and impact of the Holocaust could fade.

 

"I think we are too apart. I think there is not enough remembering, not enough time has passed for us to be so forgetful about what the Jewish people have been through," one Jerusalemite told CBN News.

 

"It's very important for us and unfortunately we were talking about the fact that in about 50-60 years it's liable to be nothing but another blip on history," said an American Jewish man who has children and grandchildren living in Israel.

 

"I do think it's just important that we remember what happened. Our Bible tells us never to forget….We have to depend on ourselves and God," his wife said.

 

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Egyptian president prays for Jews' demise

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |  Ryan Jones 

Israel Today magazine 

 

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi

While the mainstream media over the past week provided extensive coverage of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's cordial diplomatic letter to his Israeli counterpart, an incident that demonstrated where the Egyptian leader's heart truly lies regarding the Jews received much less attention.

It must first be noted that Morsi's letter to Israeli President Shimon Peres, in which he called the Israeli a "great friend," was simply in keeping with diplomatic protocol, though even that was too much for many Egyptians.

Members of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were incensed by the gracious language used in asking the Israeli president to accept Egypt's new ambassador.

But if there were any questions over whether Morsi was turning his back on the Brotherhood's traditional hatred of Israel and the Jews, those were quickly put to rest by video footage taken at a Cairo mosque last weekend showing Morsi piously agreeing with the preacher's prayers for Allah to "destroy the Jews."

"Oh Allah, absolve us of our sins, strengthen us, and grant us victory over the infidels," prayed cleric Futouh Abd Al-Nabi. "Oh Allah, destroy the Jews and their supporters. Oh Allah, disperse them, rend them asunder. Oh Allah, demonstrate Your might and greatness upon them."

During the prayer, Morsi was shown kneeling, eyes closed, hands raised, mouthing the word "amen" to each of the cleric's requests.

One can only imagine the international reaction to an Israeli leader saying "amen" in agreement with a rabbi's prayers for God to visit destruction upon the Arabs.

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