Takes a special kind of genocidal asshole to be upset at a message calling for NOT killing kids.

They're gonna call the pope an antisemite

Those assholes have used that word so much its lost all meaning.

HOW CAN YOU CRITICIZE US KILLING CHILDREN????

Israel's children killing business is cutting into the church child molesting business. It's a conflict of interest.

only an anti-semitist would say "don't kill children". they should get him fired for this.

Israel thinks this is what's going to give them a poor public opinion!?

Imagine getting upset over "Don't kill children"

This is NotTheOnion material. Like, are you actually mad that the fucking Pope is not on board with killing children?

Remember that part of Jesus's story where he had to flee because a mad king was systematically murdering children because he was scared that the child was "the king of kings".

What a wild parallel.

This is probably a good time to mention that Israel, like all developed nations, has been experiencing a slowing birth rate.

This was a problem for them because the birthrate in the occupied territories was higher, and if you can’t maintain a Jewish majority in the country, how can you maintain the country as a Jewish homeland? This existential doom has hung over Israelis like climate change or the heat death of the universe: even if they aren’t destroyed in fire, they’ll simply dissolve over time until they disappear, and it will all be for nothing.

So you know. I’m not saying that killing Palestinian children was the solution they came up with. But the prospect of a justified way to wipe Gaza clean came their way, and it was too important an opportunity to pass up. If some children must be killed in the process, they think, silently, in the quietest corner of their hearts, then so be it.

"Child murderers complain that their child murdering is being called out"

If you’re on the pro-killing children side, it’s probably time to look in the mirror.

“Yesterday, children were bombed. This is cruelty, not war,” the pontiff declared last Saturday, lamenting the immense humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.

Israel lashed out in response, accusing the pope of ignoring its security concerns.

Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein accused the pope of ignoring the broader context of Israel’s military actions, which have resulted in the killing of 17,000 children.

Maybe everyone should ignore a "security concern" if the only way to alleviate that concern is murdering 17,000 children?

Because whatever group you're concerned about, probably won't like you anymore after you murder 17,000 of their children....

Especially when the reason for your concern is people are mad you keep killing them in the first place.

The vatican is finally right about something, even relevant, for once. Good for them. They have a lot to make up for, and this is a start.

So, if not murdering children is pro-Palestinian, then I guess I'm pro-Palestinian.

And logically, that means being pro-Israeli (or at least pro-Israeli government, because I know there are lots of Israelis who are not happy about what their government is doing) is also pro-child-murder. Their logic, not mine!

There's nothing that says victims can't become aggressors. This is true for individuals as well as large groups of people, including nation-states. A child who was abused can become an abusive parent. A religious group that was persecuted for years can become an oppressor. Jews were victims of a genocide a few years ago, and were persecuted for years and years before in Europe, but Israel is not a victim anymore and the rest of the world should tell it to stop acting like one because they are the one commiting genocide.