(BBC News) Pope Francis has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to show courage to seek peace in the Middle East. The Pope was speaking after hosting joint prayers at the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday. Peres said making peace was a "holy mission." Peres and Abbas know each other well - they signed the Oslo peace accords in 1993.
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