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From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 26, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 26, 2014
PM to pope: I hope neighbors will heed call for tolerance
Pope Francis meets with Benjamin Netanyahu at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem.
Speaking through a translator Netanyahu says he hopes the pope’s call for tolerance and against anti-Semitism will be accepted by Israel’s neighbors.
“We also hope that your call for tolerance, coexistence and an end to incitement, anti-Semitism and terrorism will be accepted by all of our neighbors,” Netanyahu says. “If the incitement against the State of Israel ceases, along with the terrorism, there will be no need for the means that we have undertaken, such as the security fence, which has saved lives, thousands of lives.”
He then presents Francis with a painting before the media is ushered out.
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