Vatican Recognizes Palestinian State

Posted by | May 13, 2015 16:00 | Filed under: Good News Politics Religion

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In a new treaty, the Vatican will recognize Palestine as a state.

Formal recognition of a Palestinian state by the Vatican, which has deep religious interests in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories that include Christian holy sites, lends a powerful signal of moral authority and legitimacy to the efforts by the Palestinian Authority’s president, Mahmoud Abbas, to achieve statehood despite the long paralyzed Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Israel has grown increasingly alarmed about the increased international acceptance of Palestine as a state since the United Nations upgraded the Palestinian delegation’s status in 2012 to that of a nonmember observer state. A number of European countries have also signaled their acceptance of Palestinian statehood.

A statement from a joint commission of Vatican and Palestiniandiplomatic officials, posted on the Vatican news website, said “the work of the commission on the text of the agreement has been concluded,” and that it would be submitted for formal approval and for signing “in the near future.”

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9 responses to Vatican Recognizes Palestinian State

  1. StoneyCurtisll May 13th, 2015 at 16:14

    Oh…
    This is going to piss off the right wing of the Catholic church and the Right Wing in general…
    How dare the Pope go against Netenyahoo and the Israeli nationalist/Zionist….
    News at 11…

    • Pilotshark May 13th, 2015 at 16:58

      makes you wonder if Bethlehem will become the capital of Palestine.

      either way this move is at a good time as well, with the Israeli government going totally radical.

    • bpollen May 14th, 2015 at 03:56

      Isn’t it spelled Nuttinyahoo?

  2. Gadea May 13th, 2015 at 16:32

    Good, it’s about time. The Palestinians have gotten a raw deal.

    This Pope Francis is on the right track.

  3. Hirightnow May 13th, 2015 at 16:34

    Anti-Semitism!
    AAAAAAAAAAAH!
    Discrimination!
    AAAAAAAAAAAH!
    Other screams as applicable!
    AAAAAAAAAAAH!

  4. Suzanne McFly May 13th, 2015 at 16:46

    Seems bibi’s magic only worked on our republican leaders, but failed worldwide.

  5. Pilotshark May 13th, 2015 at 16:54

    Way to go Francis!!

  6. rg9rts May 14th, 2015 at 04:24

    One more reason for the gopee congress to sit on their hands when he visits

  7. eyelashviper May 14th, 2015 at 10:40

    Hope the Pope hires several layers of food tasters…..Mossad now on high alert.

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