JERUSALEM, Oct. 23, 00 (CWNews.com) - Senior Palestinian officials have appealed to Pope John Paul II to condemn Israel for aggression against Palestinians over the past month and to call a meeting of the whole Christian community in support of peace.
Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, general-secretary of the Palestinian Authority, said, "We appeal to the Pope and all Christian churches in the world to hold an emergency meeting that would expose the false image of Israel, its occupation and aggression against the Palestinian people," he told Voice of Palestine. "This image should be exposed, because it covers up what is really happening against the Palestinian people."
At least 127 people, all but eight of them Arabs, have been killed in the fighting that erupted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on September 28. The Vatican representative to the UN has criticized Israel for its "absence of respect for certain fundamental human rights."
Catholic World News Service - Daily News Briefs
23. oktober 2000