Vatican: Palestinians must 'stay on their land'
A top Vatican official has rejected US President Donald Trump's displacement plan, saying "the Palestinian population must remain on its land."
"This is one of the fundamental points of the Holy See: no deportations," Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said on Thursday on the sidelines of an Italy-Vatican meeting.
He added that moving Palestinians out would cause regional tensions and "makes no sense" as neighboring countries such as Jordan are opposed.
"The solution in our opinion is that of two states because this also means giving hope to the population," he said.
This is not the first time the Vatican opposes Trump’s policies.
Pope Francis this week criticized Trump's plans for mass deportations of undocumented migrants in the United States, drawing a sharp response.
In a letter to US bishops, the head of the Catholic Church called the deportations a major crisis.
It said sending back people who had fled their own countries in distress "damages the dignity" of the migrants.
This came amid uproar caused by Trump’s call to take over the besieged Gaza Strip and relocate Palestinians to neighboring countries.
Trump has repeatedly stated that Jordan and Egypt will take in Palestinians from the blockaded Palestinian region, an idea that Amman and Cairo have flatly rejected.
The US president has suggested that he could deny aid to Jordan and Egypt if they didn't accept his proposal. “If they don’t agree, I would conceivably withhold aid.”
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