Two-state solution is advocated – Pope Francis

The Israel-Palestine conflict has been discussed by the Roman Catholic pope.

In an interview with the Italian channel RAI on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged Israelis and Palestinians to coexist peacefully as neighbours, stating that there are no winners in war.

One slap in war incites another. In a lengthy segment that ran immediately after the nightly news, the Pope addressed the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s reaction to Gaza. “One strong and the other even stronger, and so it goes on,” the Pope remarked.

The 86-year-old Jesuit claimed that accepting an independent Palestinian state would cease the cycle of violence.

Two peoples that have to coexist. Using that astute resolution: two states, two peoples. The Pope said to RAI, “The Oslo Accords: two clearly defined states and Jerusalem with a special status.”

A US project from the 1990s called the Oslo Accords called for the creation of a state for the Palestinian people. The “right of return” for Palestinian refugees, the status of Jerusalem, the destiny of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and the boundaries between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) could not be agreed upon.

In 2000, the agreement came to an end as a result of the Second Intifada, a Palestinian revolt.

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With a pledge to finally destroy Hamas, Israel has rejected all demands for a truce and imposed a “total blockade” on Gaza. Some leaders in Israel have even called for the enclave to be completely destroyed and all of its inhabitants to be sent to Egypt.

“Every conflict ends in failure. War doesn’t fix anything. Nothing at all. The Pope said to RAI that “peace and dialogue are the keys to everything.”

“It’s a very gloomy hour. Because the battles did not end with World War II, the pontiff stated in the interview that “one cannot find the ability to think clearly” and that “the world has been enveloped in darkness since 1945.” He attributed this to the military-industrial complex.

The Pope stated, “The arms industry is still the most serious problem.” “Weapons factories are currently the most profitable investments, according to a knowledgeable individual I met at a meeting.”