Just In: Pope Francis Calls For Two Pronged Approach To Cease The Tensions Between Israel–Palestine Circle Of Wars

Earlier in the week, Pope Francis has stated that a two-state solution is needed for Israel and Palestine in order to put an end to wars such as the current one, Just In: Pope Francis Calls For Two Pronged Approach To Cease The Tensions Between Israel–Palestine Circle Of Wars

Entering the new month with a prayer for peace, He also called for a special status for Jerusalem. Pope who told Italian broadcasters in an interview on Wednesday, stated that there are no winners in war, while urging the Israelis and the Palestinians to live together in peace as neighbor’s.

Pope Said, “In war, one slap provokes another. One strong and the other even stronger, and so it goes on,” the Pope said, addressing the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s retaliation against Gaza in a lengthy feature that aired right after the evening news.

So The solution to the cycle of violence, the 86-year-old Jesuit argued, is to recognize an independent Palestinian state.

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However that wise solution: two peoples, two states. The Oslo Accords: two clearly delineated states, and Jerusalem with a special status,” the Pope told Newsmen.

Do Recall that The Oslo Accords were a 1990s US initiative that envisioned the establishment of a Palestinian state, but collapsed by 2000 in the Palestinian uprising known as the Second Intifada.

Furthermore The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel could not agree on territorial demarcation, the fate of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, the “right of return” of Palestinian refugees, and the status of Jerusalem.

However Israel has rejected all calls for ceasefire and declared a “total blockade” of Gaza, vowing to eradicate Hamas once and for all. Some Israeli politicians have even advocated the expulsion of all Gaza residents to Egypt and razing the enclave to the ground. Two Pronged Approach

“Every war is a defeat. Nothing is solved with war. Nothing. Everything is gained with peace, with dialogue,” the Pope explained in his plea for peace.

“The hour is very dark. One cannot find the ability to think clearly,” the pontiff said in the interview, describing the world as enveloped in darkness since 1945, because the wars did not stop after WWII. He blamed the military-industrial complex for this.

“The most serious problem is still the arms industry,” the Pope argued. “A person who understands investments, who I met in a meeting, told me that today investments that generate the most income are weapons factories.”

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