Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Pope Francis opens his voice about the war in Gaza. He said a two-state solution was necessary for Israel and Palestine and added that real war is a defeat.
“(They are) two people who must live together. With that wise solution, two countries,” said the Pope, quoted from Al Jazeera And Reuters, Thursday (2/11/2023).
“The Oslo Agreement, two well-defined states and Jerusalem with a special status,” he stressed in an interview with the broadcaster RAI Italy.
It should be noted, in 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat shook hands regarding the Oslo Agreement. The deal stipulates limited Palestinian autonomy.
US President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Arafat took part in the Camp David Summit in 2000. But unfortunately, they failed to reach a final peace agreement.
Israel captured Arab East Jerusalem in 1967 and in 1980 declared the entire city its “unified and eternal capital”. Palestinians view the eastern part of the city as the capital of their future state.
Israel has consistently rejected the notion that the city, considered holy to Christians, Muslims and Jews, could have any special or international status.
“The war in the Holy Land terrifies me,” said Pope Francis.
“How will these people end this story?” he stressed.
“An increased escalation, would mean the end of many things and many lives.”
Pope Francis himself has called for a humanitarian corridor to help Gaza residents and a ceasefire. He said he spoke by telephone every day with priests and nuns who run a parish in Gaza that is home to about 560 people, mostly Christians but also some Muslims.
 Photo: Pope Francis (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images) |
The war between Israel and Hamas, he said, should not make people forget other conflicts. Including settlements in Ukraine, Syria, Yemen and Myanmar.
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