"In the name of the one and only God, as well as in the name of every hit Palestinian, many of whom keep dying, we ask our brothers of Fatah and Hamas to listen to the voice of reason, of truth and of wisdom": this is the highlight of the appeal made today by the patriarchs and the leaders of the Christian Churches in Jerusalem, after the latest, bloody violence in the Gaza Strip. In their message, the religious leaders beg them "to stop all bloody fights" and go back to the "way of dialogue" in the "attempt to overcome differences through mutual understanding". "We would like to highlight that what both parties have in common is greater than their differences goes on the appeal -. The cause of the nation and the territory must be greater than any other consideration". "We urgently ask both movements conclude the Christian leaders to lay down their arms" and put an end to the occupation "in a peaceful way, based on the national values and the international law, so as to give freedom to all the united population, with an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital".
