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Palestinian population 'must remain in its land’: Vatican
'This is one of the fundamental points of the Holy See: no deportations,' says Holy See's secretary of state
Beyza Binnur Dönmez |
13.02.2025 - Update : 14.02.2025
Displaced Palestinians return to their lands in the north from the south as they pass through the al-Rashid Street during harsh weather conditions in Gaza City, Gaza on February 13, 2025.
GENEVA
The secretary of state of the Holy See said Thursday that the Palestinian population "must remain in its land."
Pietro Parolin rejected any forced deportations in remarks at a summit between Italy and the Holy See, according to the ANSA news agency.
"The Palestinian population must remain in its land. This is one of the fundamental points of the Holy See: no deportations," Parolin said in response to reporters.
"No deportations also because someone on the Italian side has underlined how this would create tension in the area," he added.
His remarks were in response to US President Donald Trump's controversial plan to "take over" the Gaza Strip and forcibly resettle the Palestinian population in other countries.
