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ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Raï: Lebanon must not get involved in the Israeli-Palestinian military conflict LEBANON 2021-02-25
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The violence suffered by the Palestinians makes hearts tighten , and only an authentic and definitive solution to the Palestinian question can stop violence and murders, after 73 years of wars, devastation and Israeli oppression . But Lebanon must find peaceful ways to show its solidarity with the Palestinian people, maintaining its neutrality with respect to the armed conflict and avoiding any kind of military involvement. The appeal to safeguard Lebanese neutrality in the face of the spiral of violence that envelops the Holy Land was launched on Sunday, May 16 by the Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, during the homily of the Eucharistic liturgy he celebrated at the Patriarchal See of Bkerké. The Patriarch invited the Lebanese authorities to keep the Israeli-Lebanese border under strict control,