The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem requested permission to transfer Gazan children with cancer to a hospital East Jerusalem for life-saving treatment.
With Christian leaders and a vast majority of national governments demanding a two-state solution, experts warn that Israel and the US aim to crush all hope for a Palestinian state.
Harsh condemnations from US Ambassador Huckabee and the Holy Land bishops have not deterred Israeli settler terrorism against Christians and other Palestinians.
After Israel’s strike on Gaza’s Catholic church, the pontiff also called Cardinal Pizzaballa of Jerusalem and pledged ‘to do everything possible’ to achieve ‘an end to this tragedy.’
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, along with several other Holy Land bishops, demand accountability from the Israeli government for violent settler attacks against ancient Christian town.