Pope appears to reject Trump's Middle East peace plan
Speaking in the Italian port city Bari on Sunday (February 23), the pontiff warned that such solutions could be a prelude to "new crises".
It's believed to be the first time the Pope has spoken publicly about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since January 28, when Trump announced the plan - which would recognize Israel's authority over West Bank Jewish settlements, and require Palestinians to meet a series of conditions for statehood with their capital in a West Bank village east of Jerusalem.
The Palestinians - who want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent state - have rejected the plan and the Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the United States and Israel.
