The true defenders of Palestine...

...are the Catholic Church and Europe!

Read Jimmy Carter's book on Israel and the Palestinian Question. I'll save
you guys the read and post the most important of the many issues he
discussed. He basically stated from his administration up to the present
one, not one Arab/Muslim leader ever brought up Palestine. Not one!
Neither Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, or even Iran! They don't care and
they never will. All this screaming and yelling not even Saudia Arabia
(which enjoys a huge economical benefit from Israel). Before you attack
the West and before you attack the Pope and his followers as a whole.

Europe just raised close to $8 Billion for the Palestinian people. As for the
Catholic Church, which I found to be truly symbolic and basically worth
more then any financial donation ever. The Pope this year refused to meet
with Condoleeza Rice. His office stated that there is nothing for us to
discuss while you continue to groundlessly bombard Iraq and
Afghanistan! Can you imagine that? Another act that truly brought tears
to my eyes was when Pope John Paul 2 decided he wanted to visit a true
refugee camp in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority actually begged
him not to go on grounds for his safety. The Pope decided to go either
way. And what happened? The Palestinians rejoiced and embraced him as
true Arabs with all hospitality and love. They opened up there homes,
whatever home left of it really. On unpaved roads and dilapitated building
the leader of the Catholic faithfull, against the wishes of the Authority
visited those who nobody wanted to visit. No Arab or Muslim leader, from
the Saudia king all the way across Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and even Iran,
would not go but he did.

All this effort you put in pointing your silly little fingers at Christianity and
the West know this. Palestine and millions of Muslim orphans and families
are surviving by the good grace of Christians. Maybe if Muslims truly
loved one another then Pakistanis and Afghans should raise money for
Palestinian children and not Jihad (that article I can gladly post here if you
wish). Maybe if Saddam Hussein, who embraced the Palestinian cause,
would have sent more money there instead of building his worthless
palaces all across the Tigris, (ironically being used by American military
officials) or how about Saudia Arabia... I wouldn't know where to start
with them anyways.

God Bless.

Anatolian, obviously you have a long way to go before you truly understand the Palestinian problem.  I have read the book you mentioned as well as done a great deal of study into this matter.  Evangelical Christians have been the largest supporters outside of Israel for building the illegal settlements.  The people who live in these settlements steal the land from the Palestinians, bulldoze their homes down and force them into these refugee camps.  Also, what research have you done into the aid Arab countries have given?  Just because it doesn't always reach our media here in America doesn't meant the arab countries aren't helping the Palestinians though I admit they could do more.  Just yesterday it was announced Saudi would be giving $500 million. 

Before you speak you need to do more than read one book.  Also, that book is very pro palestinian and does not side with the Christians hardly at all.  I am not sure where you got your view point.  Here is another book for you to read "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" by John J. Mearcheimer and Stephen M. Walt.  This book can help you to get even more insight.  It just came out this year so it is up to date.

Martha I comply agree with your statements. At the end we are all the same
brothers and sisters. I truly believe that because that is what Christianity
teaches me. Muslims and Jews, Buddhists and Hindus, Seikhs and Athiests.

We can learn from each other. But it seems like this is a one sided view
because from what I hear American and European schools do teach about
Islam exactly the way Muslims would want them to. But I can say, out of
experiance, that Muslim dominated countries teach there children that
Christians believe in three gods, that they digest there food in seven
intestines while a muslim uses only one. To top it off if there is a Christian in
the classroom he is forced to stand there and take it. Yes I mean stand there
while everybody else can mock him. Thats what I went through being raised
in a "secular" Muslim state. And from what I hear it still goes on.

I think you must be confused in some statements.

1) I see nothing wrong with the Pope bringing up the misery faced by
Christians working and living in Saudia Arabia. Why are Muslims free to live
as Muslims in majority Christian West but Christians in the Muslim heartland
are persecuted.

2) It's dangerous to state that Jerusalem is a Muslim realm. It is Jewish and
Christian too and they have every right to it as a Muslim.