ASIA/LEBANON – Maronite Patriarch Raà¯: Lebanon must not get involved in the Israeli-Palestinian military conflict

Maronite Patriarch: “May the Lord end the pandemic with the power of his resurrection” 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…