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Thursday, September 3, 2015
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Thursday, September 3, 2015
Rivlin meets pope, discusses Mideast peace
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Reuven Rivlin is in the Vatican meeting with Pope Francis for the first time as president.
The two discussed restarting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the Vatican news service reports, describing the talks as “cordial.”
They also discussed other conflicts in the Middle East and protecting Christians in the region.
Rivlin gave Francis a copy of the Tel Dan stele, a ninth century BCE engraving which mentions the “House of David” and is considered important to both Jews and Christians.
Rivlin tells the pope that the stele should be a symbol of inter-religious coexistence.
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