Pope Francis has called on Israel and Palestine to find a solution to the ongoing war on a negotiating table.
The 86-year-old also advocated for a two-state solution, one state for Israel and one for the Palestinians.
The Pope said, “Every war is a defeat. Nothing is solved by war. Everything is gained with peace, with dialogue.
“In war, one slap in the face provokes another. A strong one and then another stronger one, and it goes on,” he said.
However, it is about “two peoples who must live together.”
There is a “clever solution” for this: “Two peoples, two states. The Oslo Accords state: two well-limited states and Jerusalem with a special status.”
The Catholic Pontif was referring to the Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which began in 1993.
