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A photo emerged over the weekend showing a soldier in southern Lebanon taking what appeared to be an axe or sledgehammer to the face of the statue, sparking outrage.
Alongside the photo of the incident, Tirawi said a local page from the Christian border town of Debel mentioned that the statue belonged to them. Reuters spoke to a local priest, Fadi Falfel, who said the cross was part of a small shrine in the garden of a family living on the edge of the village.
One of the Israeli soldiers broke the cross and did this horrible thing, this desecration of our holy symbols, he said.
Nearly a third of Lebanons population is Christian, according to the State Department, citing Statistics Lebanon, an independent polling and research firm.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israeli-soldier-jesus-statue-lebanon-damage-netanyahu-condemns-rcna340942
tanyev
(49,429 posts)😒
David__77
(24,840 posts)His earnest plea is not to embarrass him by smashing Jesus face with an axe.
whathehell
(30,513 posts)is not represented by Huckabee.
dem4decades
(14,188 posts)There will be no consequences.
whathehell
(30,513 posts)so bullshit on that "they can do whatever they want" sentiment.
sop
(18,923 posts)
David__77
(24,840 posts)The US has had its shares like from Abu Ghraib

And Israel has its own.

Some people thought this image on the cover of ab Italian magazine of a settler was not favorable to Israels image. France 24 story on related debate: https://m.
Its interesting that images can shape public opinion.
The IDF dude with the bowl haircut, curly cues and 5 inch long gums really must be Eric Trumps long lost twin brother. I hear hes being considered for Sargeant Schulz in the Gaza remake of Hogans Heroes.
GreatGazoo
(4,651 posts)nt
Emile
(42,709 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,886 posts)I want to hand him a big bottle of sun block.
karynnj
(61,033 posts)I think he and his Italian/Lebanese ethnicity daughter, Margo were seen as white.
Maru Kitteh
(31,886 posts)whathehell
(30,513 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:35 AM - Edit history (1)
What is this bs that seems to think that only Europeans and their descendants are "White" or Caucasian"?
I'm 76 years old and it's only in the last few years I've heard anything that purported anything else.
BeyondGeography
(41,169 posts)Maybe cheer him up with photos of innocent Arab families returning to their bombed-out homes.
Bettie
(19,788 posts)because he can't watch them being bombed as they return, since there's a ceasefire.
moniss
(9,101 posts)radical lunatic right leadership in Israel.
dalton99a
(94,767 posts)
Emile
(42,709 posts)
gulliver
(14,036 posts)The picture is obviously of a moron, so we can assume the moron community likes seeing themselves. Others not so much. I wouldn't want to be him.
artemisia1
(1,897 posts)David__77
(24,840 posts)Johnny2X2X
(24,339 posts)No one can say for sure.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,589 posts)moonscape
(5,787 posts)got to me. It lingers.
It was in South Lebanon - shots of IDF soldiers picking vegetables from a very large garden of a house the owners obviously had been forced to evacuate. Who knows where they are, 1.2 million are displaced after being told to leave their homes. They could be in a tent somewhere, if theyre lucky.
Anyway, several soldiers were in their house, a female one was cooking in their kitchen, with a huge spread on the kitchen table of their produce. A feast for weary invaders.
Made themselves at home. Hopefully not just before bombing it.