{"id":26341,"date":"2017-12-12T10:56:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T10:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=26341"},"modified":"2017-12-12T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T11:01:46","slug":"vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/12\/12\/vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy See calls for a negotiated solution between Israelis and Palestinians &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 class=\"m_3157690342342674246gmail-MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Holy See\u00a0<\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">c<\/span><\/b><b>alls for a\u00a0<\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">n<\/span><\/b><b>egotiated\u00a0<\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">s<\/span><\/b><b>olution between Israelis and Palestinians<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe only negotiated solution between Israelis and Palestinians must lead to a stable and lasting peace, and guarantee the peaceful coexistence of two States,\u201d stated the Holy See in a press release\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">relating to\u00a0<\/span>the status of Israel and the peace process in the Holy Land between Israelis and Palestinians<span lang=\"EN-GB\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The official Vatican statement was issued in response to\u00a0<\/span>US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision, announced on December 5, to move the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, without specifying \u201cWest Jerusalem<span lang=\"EN-GB\">.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Many believe that<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>his decision is a declaration of Jerusalem as exclusive capital of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pope Francis appealed emphatically for \u201crespect of the\u00a0<i>status quo\u00a0<\/i>of Jerusalem, \u201c during the General Audience of\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a06\u00a0<\/span>December. He expressed the desire that \u201cwisdom and prudence\u201d prevail, so as not to add \u201cnew elements of tension,\u201d following President Trump\u2019s decision<span lang=\"EN-GB\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>which has unleashed violence in the region where the majority of Catholics are Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cMy thoughts are now in Jerusalem,\u201d he said. \u201cIn this sense, I cannot hide my deep concern over the situation that has been created these last days and, at the same time, direct my appeal so that the commitment of all is to respect the\u00a0<i>status quo\u00a0<\/i>of the city, in keeping with the pertinent resolutions of the United Nations<span lang=\"EN-GB\">.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cJerusalem is a unique city, sacred to Jews, Christians\u00a0and\u00a0Muslims, who venerate in it the Holy Sites of their respective religions, and it has a special vocation of peace,\u201d\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Francis went on to say.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI pray to the Lord that this identity may be preserved and reinforced for the benefit of the Holy Land, of the Middle East and of the whole world, and that wisdom and prudence prevail, to avoid adding new elements of tension in a world scene already agitated and marked by numerous cruel conflicts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><i>Here is the Vatican-provided text of the statement released by the Holy See Press Office:<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Holy See follows with great attention the developments of the situation in the Middle East, with special reference to Jerusalem, a sacred city for Christians, Jews and Muslims from all over the world. In expressing his sorrow for the clashes in recent days that have produced victims, the Holy Father renews his appeal for the wisdom and prudence of everyone, and raises fervent prayers so that the leaders of nations, in this time of special gravity, commit themselves to avert a new spiral of violence, responding with words and deeds to the desires of peace, justice\u00a0and\u00a0security for the populations of that battered land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Concerns about the\u00a0prospectives\u00a0for peace in the region are the object in these days of various initiatives, among them meetings called urgently by the Arab League and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation. The Holy See is attentive to these concerns, and recalling the heartfelt words of Pope Francis, reiterates its well-known position concerning the singular character of the Holy City and the essential need for respecting the status quo, in conformity with the deliberations of the international community and the repeated requests of the hierarchies of the Churches and Christian communities of the Holy Land. At the same\u00a0time\u00a0the Holy See reiterates its own conviction that only a negotiated solution between Israelis and Palestinians can bring a stable and lasting peace, and guarantee the peaceful co-existence of two states within internationally recognized borders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy See\u00a0calls for a\u00a0negotiated\u00a0solution between Israelis and Palestinians \u00a0 \u201cThe only negotiated solution between Israelis and Palestinians must lead to a stable and lasting peace, and guarantee the peaceful coexistence of two States,\u201d stated the Holy See in a press release\u00a0relating to\u00a0the status of Israel and the peace process in the Holy Land between Israelis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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