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Pope Leo meets Palestinian President Abbas, discuss urgent need for Gaza aid, two-state solution
Associated Press ^ | Nov 6, 2025

Posted on 11/08/2025 9:24:56 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Pope Leo XIV met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time on Thursday, and the two men discussed the urgent need to provide assistance to civilians in Gaza and to pursue a two-state solution to end the conflict in the region.

The meeting, which lasted about an hour and was described as “cordial” in a brief Vatican statement, comes nearly a month after the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement came into effect in the Gaza Strip.

The pope and Abbas had not met in person previously. They had spoken over the phone in July to talk about developments in the conflict in Gaza and violence in the West Bank.

“During the cordial talks, it was recognized that there is an urgent need to provide assistance to the civilian population in Gaza and to end the conflict by pursuing a two-State solution,” the Holy See said.

Abbas was visiting the Vatican to mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of the “Comprehensive Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine.”

He arrived in Rome on Wednesday afternoon, and visited the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pay his respects to late Pope Francis’ tomb.

Over the years, Abbas had met the late Pope Francis several times, maintaining frequent phone contacts after Hamas’ attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s strikes on Gaza.

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1 posted on 11/08/2025 9:24:56 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Following October 7. In 2023, Times of Israel’s Tal Schneider wrote:

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces. The premier’s policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/amp/


2 posted on 11/08/2025 9:27:40 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Ben Shapiro in 2023:

@benshapiro
Insanity. Hamas launches the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, the PA refuses to condemn those attacks and then tries to blame deaths on Israel, and Blinken is like “hey, it’s really important these people be given a state.”


3 posted on 11/08/2025 9:31:15 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

This new pope thinks he’s a politician…..protector of the muslims.
Why doesn’t he get his ass to Nigeria and stop the muslim savages from killing 10,000 Christians????


4 posted on 11/08/2025 9:35:40 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Why didn't Leo ask Abbas what happened to the 83 churches that once stood in Gaza, and why only three are now left?

Why aren't Christians in Nigeria as "urgent" as Gazan Islamic terrorists and their families?

5 posted on 11/08/2025 9:38:34 PM PST by montag813
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas.

I can see why Netanyahu did it.

Even if Israel agreed to a peace treaty with Abbas and they decided on the two-state solution, even though Abbas is a moderate, it's more likely that his successor will be someone similar to Arafat.

6 posted on 11/08/2025 9:41:47 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Israel allowed Hamas into Gaza in the first place to divide Palestinians between the Leftist Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and the Islamist Hamas in Gaza.

It kept Palestinians divided so no talks on a future State of Palestine could practically be held between Israel and the Palestinians.


7 posted on 11/08/2025 9:41:49 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: doc maverick
This new pope thinks he’s a politician…..protector of the muslims.

"Pope" Francis started this suicidal narcissism.


Above: Pope Francis washing the feet of migrant criminal offenders in Rome.

8 posted on 11/08/2025 9:42:39 PM PST by montag813
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To: doc maverick

> This new pope thinks he’s a politician….. <

Popes and actors are in the same category, dontcha know?

They all have a special insight, one that makes them experts on everything from a cow’s gas emissions to global peace.

I just wish one of them would issue a proclamation on how to program my smart TV. I still can’t figure that out.


9 posted on 11/08/2025 10:02:34 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: doc maverick

The Pope supports the PLO.

The PLO are Jew killers.

The Pope supports Jew killers.


10 posted on 11/08/2025 10:02:57 PM PST by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Dragging the Church down with the terrorist murder gangs l
Sickening
(Just saw the photo, makes one want to puke. 🤮)

At any event, no impact


11 posted on 11/08/2025 10:04:50 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Palestinians effectively had their own state in Gaza. But they used it to attack Israel because their real goal is to kill all the Jews and steal their land. As long as that remains their goal, screw their statehood.

Go ahead, give them a state, they’ll attack Israel, Israel will retaliate, and it will be the same thing as now.


12 posted on 11/08/2025 10:14:21 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

says a man whose little nation state, Vatican City, has both a big wall around it and hired mercenaries protecting it 24/7.

I sure wish pope Leo would get back to the Eucharist and his religious functions. He is supposed to be a moral examplar, teacher... NOT a servile consort to mass-murdering terrorists like PLO-Abbas!


13 posted on 11/08/2025 10:19:25 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Leaning Right

Line in the Conclave (movie about maneuvering, deal making and deceptions in choosing the next Pope) “This isn’t the Democratic National Convention.” and “Yes, it is.”


14 posted on 11/08/2025 10:32:07 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: montag813

Stupid Chicongo moron. Licking an illegal alien criminals feet. Tasty.


15 posted on 11/08/2025 10:40:46 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Another day of DemonRAT shutdown another great day for Chunky "Raw Cheeseburger" Schumer.)
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To: Netz
President Trump met with Abbas

did you say the same thing?

16 posted on 11/08/2025 10:51:02 PM PST by Cronos
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The Pope meeting Abbas as if 10/7 was just another car bombing or airline hijacking, not a turning point. After 10/7, it no longer matters what the Pope or anyone else says. Israel is finished with business as usual.


17 posted on 11/08/2025 11:07:59 PM PST by Widget Jr (9/11 🇺🇸 7/7 🇬🇧 11M 🇪🇸 26/11 🇮🇳 10/7 🇮🇱)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Just a reminder: The two state solution is what Israel agreed to in 1948.


18 posted on 11/09/2025 1:29:37 AM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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To: Salman

And another reminder... The Arabic squatters did ‘not’ agree to a two state solution.


19 posted on 11/09/2025 2:24:55 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Cronos

President Trump knows the true evil lurking behind the PLO’s Abbas AND he is a great protector of Western values WITHOUT CAPITULATION. In addition he support Israel.

The Pope(s) (sorry to say) have kowtowed to the radical Left and are surrendering to evil Islam. That is proven when the Catholic Church allows Muslims to pray within St. Peter’s Basilica. Most Popes have been terrified by Islam and have provided lip service to evil forces in the world, especially during WWII.


20 posted on 11/09/2025 2:48:50 AM PST by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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