Franciskus möter Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (left) talks with Pope Francis (right) during a private audience at the Vatican on Saturday.

Franciskus mötte idag lördag 14 jan palestinska myndighetens president Mahmoud Abbas i samband med att Vatikanen installerar Palestinas Vatikanambassadör -ytterligare bekräftelse på Vatikanens erkännande av Palestina som stat. Det svider för Israel……

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-francis-meets-mahmoud-abbas-head-palestinian-authority-ahead-talks-n706891

Washington Post rapporterar om att diskussion också fördes ang blivande president Trumps planer att flytta USA ambassad i Israel från Tel Aviv till Jereusalem.

”Abbas said he had only heard through news reports of the proposal by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to move the embassy to Jerusalem.

The Palestinians strongly oppose the embassy move, saying it would kill any hopes for negotiating an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement and rile the region by undercutting Muslim and Christian claims to the holy city.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/palestinian-leader-meets-with-pope-ahead-of-paris-summit/2017/01/14/d5d36a3a-da2b-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8_story.html?utm_term=.130bb7ba98f2

// Irène