We believe a fair and lasting solution to the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be based on international law, including UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions that provide for settling all aspects of the final status of the Palestinian territories, including the highly delicate issue of Jerusalem, through direct Palestinian-Israeli talks. The United States' new position on Jerusalem can further complicate Palestinian-Israeli relations and the situation in the region... Russia sees East Jerusalem as the capital of the future Palestinian state and West Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.Russia has positioned itself appropriately on the Arab Street. But Jerusalem issue is not what is taking Putin to Cairo. The Kremlin readout flagged the need of "providing stability and security in the Middle East and North Africa." Which means Libya, Sinai and Syria and to an extent Yemen - in that order, perhaps.
In spite of his sustained popularity, the Catholic Church has been a prominent critic and Duterte has not hidden his anger. He has furthermore, blown the whistle on corruption within the religious body.Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte hits back at Catholic Church after clerics tried to undermine drug war
In January of this year Duterte said about the Catholic Church,The President also stated,"I challenge you now. I challenge the Catholic Church. You are full of shit. You all smell bad, corruption and all".In the above speech and in a further speech in June of this year, Duterte also accused religious officials of graft, accepting bribes and individually reprehensible behaviour among leading clerics."You criticise the police, you criticise me. For what? You have the money. You are all crazy ... when we were making confessions to you, we were being molested. They are touching us. What is your moral ascendancy, religion? What is the meaning of it?"
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