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Israeli President Tells Papal Diplomat Israel Wants to Share Land with Palestinians
(Jerusalem Post) Greer Fay Cashman - "We want to share the land and find a way to live together," Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Vatican diplomat Cardinal Leonardo Sandi at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Thursday. Sandi is in the region to mark the 800th anniversary of the Pilgrimage of Peace to the Middle East by St. Francis of Assisi and his dialogue with the Sultan of Egypt. Rivlin told Sandi the Jewish people had returned to the land after praying for two thousand years, and now have to convince their cousins and neighbors to share it for the mutual benefit of Israelis and Palestinians. Sandi noted that this was the 25th anniversary year of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Israel, and voiced appreciation to Israel for allowing Christians freedom of worship, adding that there are many countries today in which Christians do not have this freedom and are persecuted.