The Latin Patriarch of
Jerusalem has expressed dismay at the collapse of Gaza peace talks, saying
peace is unlikely until there is a new culture and mentality that allows the
people of Gaza to live a normal life.
“What is
a cease-fire if the conditions that lead to violence remain the same?
Conditions that create desperate people, frustrated, extremist and angry,"
the Patriarch said. “We must do much more to create a normal life: we
need a (new) culture, a new mentality and an international force that can take
the place of Israel (to keep the peace) in order to break this wall around the
city.”
“If
there were a normal life (in Gaza), if there were streets leading outside,
if there were an airport for travel, if there were a port, if the roads were
open (into and out of) Israel, Egypt, and Jordan…and people could do business,
live, sell, travel, study, go to hospital and to university, we would not have
frustrated and desperate extremists.”
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