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Sunday, May 25, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 25, 2014
PM: Pope’s visit a chance to show ‘modern, tolerant Israel’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAs Pope Francis spends the morning in Bethlehem, and Israel makes the final preparations for his arrival in Israel in the afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the cabinet that Francis’s visit is “an opportunity to present to the world the true Israel, an advanced, modern, tolerant Israel, in practice the only state in the Middle East which ensures complete freedom of religion to members of every religion, [which] protects holy places and guarantees the rights of all — Jews, Muslims, Christians, all.”
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