Vatican summons Israel, US ambassadors over West Bank annexation - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jul 2, 2020

Palestinian girls walk past a mural of Pope Francis in the Jabal al-Baba Bedouin encampment, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on November 23, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images) — Palestinian girls walk past a mural of Pope Francis in the Jabal al-Baba Bedouin encampment near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Nov. 23, 2017. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

In an extremely rare move, the Vatican announced it summoned the ambassadors of both the United States and Israel over the latter’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank.

According to a statement from the Holy See, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with US Ambassador Callista Gingrich and Israeli Ambassador Oren David on Tuesday.

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