Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Occupation Hurts Human Dignity

[Dr Philip Hardo]

Doing justice to the Palestinian people would bring about security for Israel, while delaying the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories feeds extremism and terrorism, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah told participants at a church conference for peace in Middle East on Monday.

Convened by the World Council of Churches and attended by over 130 participants representing churches and Christian organisations from six continents, the conference "Churches together for peace and justice in the Middle East" is being held 18 to 20 June in Amman, Jordan.

Speaking on behalf of the heads of churches in Jerusalem, Sabbah affirmed that "occupation means violence, Israeli and Palestinian, killing and hatred". While "justice must be done to the Palestinian people," it is "human dignity that must be restored to those who kill and to those who are killed", he added. Both occupier and occupied "are in the wrong inhuman position of harming or being harmed", he said. In both cases, they "need to be saved".
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