Afp, Ap, Europa Press and Reuters
La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, November 18, 2024, p. 22
Vatican City. Pope Francis mentioned for the first time accusations of genocide in the Gaza Strip targeting Israel and called for an investigation into the matter, in a book that is about to be published and of which some fragments were released yesterday.
What is happening in Gaza, which according to some experts seems to have the characteristics of a genocidemust be analyzed to determine if it fits into the technical definition maintained by jurists and international organizationshe estimated.
the book Hope never disappointsby Hernán Reyes Alcaide, based on interviews with Jorge Mario Bergoglio, will be published tomorrow in Italy, Spain and Latin America, and in other countries before the jubilee in 2025, a meeting that is expected to attract more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome to celebrate the Holy Year.
The Israeli embassy to the Vatican reacted yesterday on the social network self defense in Gaza, in retaliation for the genocidal massacre of Israeli citizens perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Yaron Sideman, Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican, added that Any attempt to call the offensive by another name is to point fingers at the Jewish State.
Peace, the cry of the people
Shortly after, Bergoglio asked on his X account: Let us pray together for peace in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan… War leads to tolerance of unacceptable crimes. May the rulers listen to the cry of the people who ask for peace.
Francis frequently laments the civilian victims in the Palestinian enclave, but this is the first time he has publicly used the term genocide in the context of Israeli military operations, highlighted the AFP news agency.
In the book, the Catholic leader spoke about the problem of integrating migrants into their host countries.
Faced with this challenge, no country can be left alone and no one can think of addressing the problem in isolation through more restrictive and repressive laws, sometimes approved under the pressure of fear or in search of electoral advantages.he indicated.