This is a clip from his interview with Jihad Watch: As a Christian, and especially as a Middle-Eastern Christian– and this is the unanimous opinion of the Middle-Eastern Christians, Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants– I see that the concept of the Promised Land cannot be used for the justification of the return of Jews to Israel and the displacement of Palestinians. The creation of the State of Israel in 1948– after the resolution of the UN in 1947 regarding the partition of Palestine which was under the British mandate between Arab and Jews– is a political issue not a religious one. It is a fact of history like other facts Read this informative article and interview here on Catholic Culture website with links.
