Pope condemns West Bank fence in meeting with Qureia

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/393648.html

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"Pope John Paul II repeated his previous criticism of the West Bank fence during a meeting Thursday with Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia in the Vatican.


"No one must yield to the temptation of discouragement, let alone to hatred or retaliation. It is reconciliation that the Holy Land needs: forgiveness not revenge, bridges not walls," said the pope in a brief address to Qureia after a five-minute private audience.

The pontiff urged all leaders in the region to follow, with the help of the international community, "the path of dialogue and negotiation which leads to lasting peace."

In his remarks, John Paul recalled his 2000 pilgrimage to the Holy Land and his prayers "for peace and justice in the region."

[JasonDeter]

1. Tell the Pope to get out of his PopeMobile

and in an open car drive have someone drive him from the sea to the Jordonian border and lets see how long he lives and where he dies. Come on Pope, what are you afraid of? I dare you!

[bluesoul]

2. Or he should visit

the OT and see what Palestinians have to put up daily because of the IDF and Israel's policies like many humanitarian workers do. No wonder Israel has such a bad image in the rest of the world...

[JasonDeter]

3. That would be an intersting thing to see. The Pope visiting the OT!

Want to bet lunch it NEVER happens!? His handlers would never allow it.

[bluesoul]

4. Yeah

cause he might get hit by an IDF rocket (hiding by civilian probably the reason as trouted even here)....

[Muddleoftheroad]

5. Ah, ever the idealist

Lacking any real grounding in what it's like to live in the real world any more.

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