PA official: “It cannot be that Jesus’ city [Jerusalem] will be the capital of the State of Israel”
“Archbishop of Brazil (sic., of São Paulo) Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer emphasized that the Catholic Church’s position regarding the Palestinian cause will not change, and that according to it UN Resolution 181 from 1947 (i.e., the UN partition plan, which was rejected by the Arab world; see note below) – which determines that two states will be established: Palestine and Israel – must be implemented.
During his meeting with Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine [and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice] Mahmoud Al-Habbash, which was held in São Paulo in Brazil, he added that justice is the basis for peace…
Al-Habbash said that the State of Palestine constitutes an example for all of the states of the world in everything regarding coexistence between the different religious groups in the people – the Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans – and that it has always been a role model in everything regarding the values of tolerance and comradery between the different religious groups (see note below regarding coexistence in the PA –Ed.), despite the occupation’s wretched attempts to sow the seeds of strife.
He added that the American crime against Jerusalem – [recognizing it] as the capital of the occupation state (see note below –Ed.) – harmed both the Muslims and Christians… and that it cannot be that Jesus’ city will be the capital of the State of Israel, something which the Christian world and the Islamic world oppose.”
PA claims about peaceful coexistence with other religions