Will the Vatican ask al-Rai to reconsider his trip?
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Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, head of the #maronite_church. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, head of the Maronite Church. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
#Israel does not recognize Jerusalem as being Palestinian. According to the Zionists, this land is their capital and they want their counterparts to thank them for allowing them to live on its eastern outskirts. Visiting the occupied lands is only possible by complying with the occupation authorities, who are in charge of letting people in or keeping them out. No matter by whom, such visits could be used to promote normalization in any case, especially if the visitor is an Arab. So how about if the visitor was the head of the Church of Antioch and All the East? (...)
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