Republicans not the only ones with foot-in-mouth disease. Catholic lawyer in Kenya sues Israel in the Hague over wrongful crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

I suspect that when the national news media gets this they will use it to try to make a lot more Christians hate Israel. The Blaze reported it on July 31st on their web site and my further research has revealed the details. A Catholic lawyer in Kenya has filed a lawsuit before the International Court of Justice in the Hague to place the blame for the death of Jesus Christ on Israel and nine other respondents. Now of course, the basis of the story is totally ridiculous, but given the fact that some Christians are influenced by negative news stories regarding matters of faith, i.e. recall the "don't vote for Mitt Romney because he isn't a Christian", this one could be used to further chip away at support for Israel among Christians. The English language Ghana web site Spy Ghana has the story:

Crucifixion Of Jesus; Pontius Pilate, King Harold (sic) Sued

By Ghana News -SpyGhana.com

Dola Indidis, a lawyer, Roman Catholic, and former spokesperson for the Kenyan Judiciary, filed the lawsuit regarding Jesus’ death with the International Court of Justice, the primary judicial branch of the United Nations based at The Hague in the Netherlands.

Indidis filed the lawsuit against Pontius Pilate, several Jewish elders, King Herod, Tiberius (Emperor of Rome 42 BC-37AD), the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel.

“I filed the case because it’s my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth,” Indidis told the Nairobian in a recent interview.
His selective and malicious prosecution violated his human rights through judicial misconduct, abuse of office bias and prejudice.”

Indidis claims the goal of his lawsuit is to have “a declaratory judgment declaration that the trial judgment and sentence entered were badly done and therefore null and void,” according to The Blaze.

Additionally, the lawyer argues that Jesus’ sentence was incompatible with Galilean law at the time, as the sentence for blasphemy was being stoned to death, not crucifixion.

According to the Jerusalem Post, Indidis named the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel in the lawsuit because when these two states gained independence, they incorporated the laws of the Roman Empire into their new government systems. These are the same laws that were in effect when Jesus was crucified.

Indidis initially submitted his case to the Kenyan High Court in Nairobi in 2007, but it was rejected for not having enough legal standing, especially since parties Indidis wishes to prosecute have been dead for 2,000 years.
Although Standard Media reports that the International Court of Justice has created a preliminary panel to consider Indidis’ case, an ICJ spokesperson told Legal Cheek that it would not be considering the case, as it is out of its jurisdiction.

Read the rest here:  http://www.spyghana.com/crucifixion-of-jesus-pontius-pilate-king-harold-sued/

And here is the complete 25-page lawsuit in .PDF format http://www.kenyalaw.org/Downloads_FreeCases/Trial%20of%20Jesus.pdf#page=1&zoom=70,0,792

Granted, according to the lawsuit, the State of Israel trails the list of respondents and is shown last in 10th place. But other than the Republic of Italy, all of the other respondents are long since deceased.

TIBERIUS (EMPEROR OF ROME 42BC-37AD) ............... 1ST RESPONDENT
PONTIUS PILATE (GOVERNOR OF JUDEA) ................  2ND RESPONDENT
ANNAS............................................... 3RD RESPONDENT
JEWISH CHIEF PRIEST ................................ 5TH RESPONDENT
JEWISH ELDERS....................................... 6TH RESPONDENT
JEWISH TEACHERS OF THE LAW...........................7TH RESPONDENT
KING HEROD ..........................................8TH RESPONDENT
THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY .............................. 9TH RESPONDENT
THE STATE OF ISRAEL ............................... 10TH RESPONDENT

Here is the original story on The Blaze:

Faith

There’s a Lawyer Petitioning the Hague Court Over the Unfair Trial of…Jesus

Jul. 31, 2013 8:12am Sharona Schwartz

A Kenyan lawyer has petitioned the International Court of Justice in the Hague asking it to declare that the trial of Jesus 2,000 years ago was invalid, because it was conducted in a manner contrary to the principles of a fair trial, media in Kenya and Israel report.

Lawyer Dola Indidis who is a former spokesman for Kenya’s Judiciary says, “I want a declaratory judgment declaration that the trial judgment and sentence entered were badly done and therefore null and void.”

Indidis first filed his case on behalf of the ‘Friends of Jesus’ in 2007 in Kenya’s High Court in Nairobi, but the court ruled it had no jurisdiction.

He then filed his case at the UN’s top judicial body in the Hague against Tiberius (Emperor of Rome 42 BC-37AD), Pontius Pilate, a selection of Jewish elders, King Herod, the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel, the Jerusalem Post reports.