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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbatista Pizzaballa Photo: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

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Politics, diplomacy and international community will stop war, not religious leaders

Sultan Al Remeithi, former secretary general of the Muslim Council of Elders and today a member of the Committee created after the document signed in Abu Dhabi by Pope Francis and Al-Tayyeb, speaks to AsiaNews of a conflict that is the fruit of a «long history» of unresolved «political and social tensions», fuelled by «violence and hate speech». The consequences on the ‘Abraham Accords’ and the normalisation of relations with the Arab world. «Politics, diplomacy and the international community can stop the war, not religious leaders».

Local Church

Auxiliary Bishop for Israel: «Israel has right to live in peace, and Palestinians have a right to justice»

The patriarchal vicar for Israel expressed his shock at the attack in the heart of the country. The massacre struck the innocents, women and children, young people who wanted to have fun. Such violence is rooted in the denial of the rights of the Palestinians people. Only «their respective extremisms» have won. The Church in the Holy Land is not a «political power» but a «voice of peace», which remains «the necessary goal».