The president of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) wrote yesterday to Pope Francis thanking him for his "repeated appeals to stop Israel's war" in the Gaza Strip.
In a telegram of greetings to the pontiff and "to all believers" on the occasion of Easter, Abu Mazen underlined how "this holy occasion coincides with the sacred month of Ramadan and many of the earth's inhabitants share the joy of these two religious anniversaries".
"When our oppressed people repeatedly see the appeals of His Holiness Pope Francis to stop this brutal war, they are filled with hope that he will succeed in asserting their rights," Abbas said in the text quoted by the Arab media.
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