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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have an idea to stop the slaughterin Gaza
The Pope should go there. Be present in Gaza. Would Israel continue its mission?
morningfog
(18,115 posts)with guns drawn.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Netanyahu seems bound and determined to make Israel a pariah around the world.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)How is the Pope supposed to get there?
yellowwoodII
(616 posts)I'll be that he could get there.
postulater
(5,075 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)As are UN workers, EU observers, charity workers, and others. It's all at the whim of the two countries that control the border, obviously, but the pope could probably get in.
How would his safety be guaranteed exactly? Either from the Israeli shelling or the people -- Islamic Jihad -- that even Hamas calls terrorists?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Hotel packed with reporters from all over the world.
brooklynite
(93,834 posts)RedstDem
(1,239 posts)He wouldn't last long, target on his head from the minute he set foot there.
former9thward
(31,798 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)'Cause I'm sure that the Jews and Muslims that are killing each other will suddenly love one another if a Catholic tells 'em to.
Sid
yellowwoodII
(616 posts)Who would dare to bomb the Pope? I remember that people who really cared would put their bodies on the line in the South during Civil Rights events. Martin Luther King gave his life. It would certainly affect the situation if he cared enough to take a chance,