Leader of Christian Community in Israel Murdered by Man Dressed as Santa Claus
- Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:06pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Israeli police say a man dressed as Santa Claus fatally stabbed Gabriel Cadis, the head of Jaffa’s Orthodox Church Association, in the back during a procession to mark Orthodox Christmas in the city of Jaffa.
The Associated Press reports that Cadis was stabbed Friday night and died hours later at a hospital. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said six members of an Arab Christian family were in custody Saturday as police investigate. Witnesses at the scene told police that the attacker was wearing the red-and-white Santa suit.
Israeli media reported that Cadis had a long-standing dispute with other Arab Christians in Jaffa. Haaretz reports that police are investigating whether the stabbing was connected to elections within the church association.
A funeral procession was held for Cadis in Jaffa on Saturday afternoon where The Jerusalem Post reports more than a thousand mourners joined on Yefet Street, including leaders from Christian and Muslim communities. According to The Post the procession was led by a large contingent of scouts who periodically stopped to play taps, ahead of a minivan carrying Cadis in an open-face casket.
Jaffa residents speaking with Haaretz described Cadis’ death as “an earthquake”.
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Comments (58)
thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 12:03amSounds like the arab version of Santa is a little hoodlum.
Report Post »Roberto G. Vasquez
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 10:37am@ THEGREATCARNAC
Maybe the moral of the stoty is: NEVER TRUST AN ARAB DRESSED AS STANTA CLAUS?
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 12:03amSounds like the arab version of Santa is a little hoodlum.
Report Post »American_Woman
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:36pmWhen I was in Israel in August, a tour guide told us that the three different factions of Christians inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcre argue so much that the Muslims hold the keys to open/lock-up the church. People are very serious about their religion over there…
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 12:41amOh yeah… Their seriousness brought about so many deaths so far. Maybe, it’s time to become slightly less serious? At least, just slightly…
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 9:04amJust goes to show-fanaticism is is alive and well in christianity too.And muslims have been victimized by priveleged christians in the mid east [since coonialism]but we never hear about it.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 11:00amoh good rose ellen is back with her manure
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:32pmTo Rose-Ellen:
Report Post »“muslims have been victimized by priveleged christians in the mid east [since coonialism]but we never hear about it,” you said.
Please keep telling us your fairy tales about poor Muzzlems victimized “by priveleged christians” “since colonialism.” Very touchy.
Are you talking about victimization of Caliphates or Ottoman Empire “by priveleged christians”? or about Hamas, Hezbollah, Taliban, Al-Qaeda?
Keep talking. Touchy. Just don’t drown in your own garbage you emanate.
American_Woman
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:31pmThis reminds me of the recent murder in the US where the Muslim dad dressed as Santa and killed his entire family…
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 11:02amit is strikingly similar it was my first thought as well
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:20pmI always thought that Santas were creepy, now I have to throw dangerous into the mix also.
Report Post »txjb
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:19pmThose arabs , love that santa suit !
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:17pmSeems like the whole world has gone crazy..
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:58pmThat family in Texas(?) that was murdered Christmas by the dad(Muslim) in the Santa suit also…hmmmm, new honor killings by Santa.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:13pmMy first thought also … new trend in terrorism … Santa? May work around Christmas but I think other times of the year might be a bit of the ‘tip off” . After this it should be. Beware Santa
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:26pmIt’s time for Christians to take a stand, before it’s too late.
“Onward Christian Soldiers” (Great Song)
Report Post »ilovestock
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:36pmagainst other Christians?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:46pm@ILOVESTOCK
Report Post »Against the Enemy… whomsoever!
VicksVaporub
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:02pmKill em all! Rick Santorum will!
Santorum 2012
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:30pmWhat you really mean, is anyone that does not believe as you do. Now, where have I heard that before?
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:24pmSomebody should check to see if rational man has a red santa suit.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:27pmThe world gets sicker everyday….are you ready?
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:40pmlocked and loaded..check…yes, I’m ready.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:13pmWorld religions are falling apart now. Maybe we have it wrong or strayed from Jesus‘ original teaching too far for God’s liking?
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 5:56amNot just the Christians but the Muslim are going against their own teachings. Thou shall not kill!!!
The men who have taken over the pulpits in the churches and mosques are teaching their own warped ideas and not from the bible of the koran.
OMG
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:12pmIt takes a COWARD to stab a Christian in the back. They are afraid to look a good person in the eye.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:15pmIt takes a coward to stab ANYONE in the back.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:46pmObama seems rather good at it…..
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:01pmThose members of the “religion of peace” sure are brave. They stab a man in the back and cover their
Report Post »faces. I guess having their faces covered keeps their bravery from shining through.
SurhanSurhan
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:14pm@ BANKERPAPAW- The police need to hire you. You solved the crime and you weren’t even there. Or were you?
Report Post »heartitorleaveit
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 4:12amSIRHAN-WHERE DOES JESUS OR GOD THE FATHER SAY “I AM aLLAH” OR “aLLAH IS GOD” IN THE BIBLE? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVE GOD IS aLLAH WITH YOUR BIBLE QUOTES……
THE ONLY REFERENCE TO aLLAH IN THE BIBLE IS REVELATIONS 13!
ATTENTION BLAZERS! ………………..THE SYMBOL BELOW IS THE EXACT TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH ‘666’ SYMBOL IN REVELATIONS 13:18!
الله
IS THE ARABIC SYMBOL FOR (wait for it) allah!
The Codex Vaticanus written PRIOR to the birth of muhammad that reads Revelations 13:18: “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the multitude of the beast: for it is the multitude of a man; and his number is الله
there’s your PROOF sirhansatan!
-What is the penalty for apostacy in your country sirhan?
-Am I right in concluding that the issue with you is not whether or not the Bible is true; rather, isn’t it that you desire a reason to deny its truth?
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 12:52pmthe killer is reported to be a Christian. Most current references to “the religion of peace” are aimed at Islam.
Report Post »noland
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:56pmJust the ole…Criminalization of Christianity!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:55pmWell i guess next year we will see children sitting in lucifers lap ya know beastly face horns the works and no i dont mean a democrap, because now all the santas have gone bad.i guess they have suceeded in ruining Christmas a bit but everthing is bass aquards now.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:19pmYou do know that santa with the letters mixed around spells satan?
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:47pmI knew Santa Claus was a bad invention.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:46pmMaybe it’s time we returned CHRISTMAS to JESUS. Of course, death to CHRISTIANS is right here upon us.
Praying on for GOD, JESUS, HOLY SPIRIT and their followers, our brothers and sisters in CHRIST around the world.
Bless this man, LORD, and welcome him HOME at last. In JESUS’ name, amen.
Report Post »oopss
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:22pmAman, Brother ! Aman
Report Post »momrules
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:46pmStabbed in the back. Coward.
Report Post »usaywhat
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:32pm“Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said six members of an Arab Christian family were in custody Saturday as police investigate.” ??????
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:31pmArab Christian family being held for the murder. Well now that is a oxymoron. How can they be christian if they murdered this man.
Report Post »CaptainAmerica2012
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:22pmI take it you have never heard of Angola Louisiana?
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:27pmAre you saying that Christians don’t murder people?? You know executions are preceded by bible verse in every state of the union.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 9:06amThe same way the seals are murderers!
Report Post »SanDiegoJulia
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 1:49pmDeath caused by MURDER is very different from death by EXECUTION.
One is an innocent, undeserving person dies, with intent or without, caused at the hand of another. Malice aforethought, crime of passion, or accidental (manslaughter)…the other is a punishment for actions which brought about, in many cases, the death of an innocent person or people. Not included in this are deaths inflicted against opposing combatants in war.
I believe in the Old Testament’s Covenant and law, and of the redemption and forgiveness in the new Covenant given to us through Jesus’ sacrifice for us, the giving of His life in substitution for our own. It’s stated that in the last days, the world will turn against and persecute Christianity, far beyond what has gone before. This is what is happening now. We cannot speak or judge those involved in this. Only God will do so, as we will all stand before Him to be judged. No court of man will supercede this final Supreme Court.
Report Post »Collbuzz
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:23pmThis is so sad. It is so dangerous to be a Christian in those parts of the world. I pray for his soul and for his family. God will certainly bless and receive him.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:23pmYou better watch out….you better not cry…..better not pout, I’m telling you why……because Santa wants to stab you to death???…..maybe next year, I will just have Kwanza at my house….probably much safer.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:28pmI didnt think you were an idiot…I changed my mind.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:42pm@BADDOGGY…..LOL!!…my first troll of the evening!!…..btw, what did you change your mind into?
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:17pmSounds similar to the honor killing that happened in Texas last year. Muslim + Santa outfit = death to the infidel?
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:15pmcopy cat
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:15pmNever ever let your eye off a man dressed as Santa in Jan.
Report Post »possom
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:21pmYou got that right.
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