earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> </p><p>“He kept the same position that [Pope] John Paul II had when the wall [separating Jerusalem and Bethlehem] started to be built, where he said the Holy Land needed bridges and not walls. That was repeated by Pope Francis, who stood heavily for the right of the Palestinian people for self-determination.” </p><p>Abu Eid</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnPaulII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnPaulII</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jerusalem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jerusalem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bethlehem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bethlehem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a></p>