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Sunday, May 25, 2014
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Sunday, May 25, 2014
Abbas thanks pope for helping Palestinians live occupation-free
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas thanks Pope Francis for his efforts to help the Palestinian people live in an “occupation-free Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
He says the pope saw “this disgusting wall [with] your own eyes,” referring to Israel’s security barrier which runs between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
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