Sunday 25 May 2014 15.51 Pope Francis has made a plea for peace at the start of a pilgrimage to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, saying the prolonged Israel-Palestinian conflict had become unacceptable.
On the second leg of a three-day visit to the Middle East, Pope Francis referred directly to the "state of Palestine", giving support for its bid for full statehood recognition.
However Pope Francis, speaking at an official reception in the Palestinian-run city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, made clear that a negotiated accord was needed.
He called on leaders from both sides to show the necessary courage to forge a deal.
"The time has come for everyone to find the courage to be generous and creative in the service of the common good, the courage to forge a peace which rests on the acknowledgement by all of the right of two States to exist and to live in peace and security within internationally recognised borders," he said.
US-backed negotiations aimed at ending the conflict collapsed last month, with the Israelis accusing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of sabotaging the talks by agreeing a unity deal with Hamas Islamists who run Gaza.
Standing alongside Mr Abbas, Pope Francis pointedly referred to him as "a man of peace and a peacemaker" before heading to Bethlehem's Manger Square, close to where Christians believe Jesus was born, to celebrate an open-air Mass.
Pope Francis flew by helicopter to Bethlehem, becoming the first pontiff to travel directly to the West Bank rather than enter via Israel, in another nod to Palestinian statehood aspirations.
He is due to travel to Israel later in the day for several meetings, before returning home tomorrow.
8,000 police officers have been deployed in Jerusalem to guarantee his security.
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