The Orthodox Church in Chile held a memorial mass for the “martyrs” of Gaza in 2009, during Operation Cast Lead.
NOTE: I HAD TO REMOVE VIDEO OF MASS FOR THE DEAD OF GAZA – As it no longer worked. The video was dated: January 8 2009.
Obviously, most of the dead in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead were not Christian, but this mass had to be a protest of sorts.
One Jewish group, which I found on the internet, seemed a bit upset about these masses.
Actually, I can partly understand the Jewish reaction. However, one would not have expected descendents of Palestinians to be praying for a quick Israeli victory, either.
The aspect that does strike me as odd is holding a Christian mass for the dead people in Gaza who would have been almost totally Muslim, NOT Christian. Okay, feel sorry for them; but a Mass?
My Spanish is not so good, so I cannot understand in what sense they are using the word martyrs. Do they mean “dead innocents” [a Christian meaning] or dead warriors [the Islamic meaning]? The latter would be scary to even consider, that they would take the Islamic sense of the word.
What is clear is that even though Chile’s Palestinians are Christian, they are politically active regarding this issue. Given that Chile is now a first world nation, this is no small matter.
May 5, 2021 – Edited: Had to remove dead video. Added and changed text.