Laham Calls for 'Opening of Borders, Advancing into Palestine'
Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch Gregory III Laham slammed the US move on Jerusalem and called for “opening the borders” as he urged people from the “entire Arab countries to advance into Palestine,” the National News Agency reported on Saturday.
US President Donald “Trump's decision flagrantly violates the right of Palestinians, Christians and Muslims,” said Laham, as he called for “opening the borders and heading towards Palestine from the entire Arab countries,” NNA added.
Laham stressed the need for serious “steps against the US president's decision as he called on Arab and Western countries to “rally in masses against the decision.”
In a controversial move, Trump took a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city.
Trump's Jerusalem move prompted negative world reactions warning of potentials of war and violence.
Source: Naharnet
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