The Catholic Primate Archbishop Sean Brady has called for a new initiative to establish a "just peace" in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians.He was speaking at a weekend service to welcome the senior Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, on his first visit to Ireland.
Archbishop Brady said: "Only a just and lasting peace with the Palestinians will offer security to Israel, and only a just peace will set Israel free from its present anxiety.
"That just peace will only be found if and when the needs of the weak are given priority over the wishes of the powerful, and both sides begin to hear each other's voices and to recognise each other's rights."
Archbishop Twal said: "The negotiations we need require real dialogue, mediated by an impartial party to the conflict.
"Until now, Israel has won almost all the wars with the Arabs. Until now it has never won peace and security because it relies only on its military power, rather than on international rules and resolutions."
Appealing for solidarity with the suffering of the small Christian community in the Holy Land, he said: "We want our young people to be secure and to find a bright future in this country."
He said that the Church's mission was to be witnesses to love and reconciliation and to build a bridge between Muslims and Jews.
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