“However many flags” the Israelis put up around East Jerusalem, that “does not give Israel any sovereignty over it,” Mr. Husseini said. He was referring to the Israeli flags flying with Vatican flags along the routes the pope was expected to travel, including in East Jerusalem. (more…)

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