Pope calls for Palestinian state

[Scurrilous]

In Easter speech, Pope Benedictus defends Israel's right to exist, calls for establishment of truly independent Palestinian state

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3240346,00.html

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"Pope Benedictus, in his first Easter message, called on Sunday for an "honorable solution" to the nuclear standoff with Iran, a truly independent Palestinian state, and global cooperation to combat terrorism.

The German Pope, speaking on his 79th birthday, made his appeal for world peace in his Easter "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message to some 100,000 people as he concluded the first Easter season of his pontificate."

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"In another part of the speech, the Pope defended Israel's right to exist, in what appeared to be an indirect criticism of statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Jewish state should be eliminated.

But he also called firmly for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

"May the international community, which re-affirms Israel's just right to exist in peace, assist the Palestinian people to overcome the precarious conditions in which they live and to build their future, moving towards the constitution of a state that is truly their own," He said in the part of his address dedicated to peace in the Middle East."

[xultar]

1. YEA!!! I didn't think I'd like ole' Benny but maybe he's warming on me.

[Submariner]

3. Don't let that fascist POS get too warm on you

Don't forget when he was Cardinal Ratsomething he put the word out from the vatican to "swift-boat" Kerry on the abortion issue and those moron archbishops started their "don't give Kerry communion" BS. Benny is a sleazoid.

[MichiganVote]

2. This is a religious Easter sermon??

[Coastie for Truth]

4. Actually, according to KGO's Bernie Ward

a former member of the Order of Saint Francis (a former ordained Roman Catholic priest) - fairly pro-Palestinian, the Holy Father called for a two state solution and recognized Israel's right to exist. The New York Times confirms Bernie Ward's interpretation.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first Easter Sunday as pontiff, praying for peace Iraq, negotiated solutions to the world's nuclear disputes and dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians.

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''I also pray sincerely that those caught up in the conflict in the Holy Land may find peace, and I invite all to patient and persevering dialogue, so as to remove both ancient and new obstacles,'' the pope said.

''May the international community, which reaffirms Israel's just right to exist in peace, assist the Palestinian people to overcome the precarious conditions in which they live and to build their future, moving toward the constitution of a state which is truly their own,'' he added.

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Edited to correct link to New York Times