The Church of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor has asked the Jewish state Israel
repeatedly for basic services, including water, but because they are 'Goyim' and 'Shiksas' [rude Jewish words for men and women who are not Jewish and therefore not welcome] the Jews have been
refused. A suspicious fire on Friday caused significant damage due to this Jewish regime
“negligence.”
By Nir Hasson: The Vatican’s custodian of holy sites in Israel accused the Jewish regime of risking the lives of monks at a Mount Tabor monastery
after a suspicious fire broke out Friday. The fire raged until early Saturday
and required the evacuation of the Franciscan Church of the
Transfiguration, which does not have running water.
The fire, which started on Friday evening and was
only extinguished on Saturday morning, reignited an ongoing dispute
between the Vatican representatives, Custodia Terrae Sanctae, and Israel over connecting the early 20th century church to water and sewage systems. For many years, the church has
asked Jewish Israel to ensure it has running water, but the authorities demand
that the church foot the bill for the infrastructure works, and several
rounds of negotiations with officials at the Tourism Ministry and
National Infrastructure Ministry have failed to bring results.
In a statement Friday, the Custodia Terrae
Sanctae said the fire and ensuing evacuation are “a direct consequence”
of Israel’s negligence in providing regular water supply.
“Unfortunately, despite its holiness, importance and the vast number of
tourists it attracts, the mountain has been for many years in a dire
state in terms of basic infrastructure, being effectively cut off from
water supply.”
“For years, Christian churches have
warned state authorities … asking that running water be supplied to the
mountain top, as the law requires,” it added, citing requests relayed
to government ministries in 2017, which “have gone unanswered.”
The Custos of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton called
on Israeli authorities to “fulfill their commitments by law… Ensuring
freedom of religion and access to the holy sites includes the duty the
ensure normal supply of the most basic services to those sites and to
keep both the monks and visitors safe.”
In the 1950s, the Custodia installed a makeshift
water pump and pipe to bring water to the church, but it is insufficient
and often fails. The thousands of daily visitors at the church, as well
as monks living there, many times have no choice but to use well water.
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