(From Jerusalem) Young people in Gaza “robbed of their life’s opportunities by permanent blocks”, young people in the West Bank exposed to “daily breaches of their dignity that have unacceptably become the norm due to occupation”, “young Palestinian lives ruined by unemployment”, and then lots of young Israelis who “acknowledge they are living in the shadow of a conflict that they have not created and that they do not want”. All of them, Israelis and Palestinians, despite going through different experiences, “share the same aspirations to a peaceful coexistence, with few chances of meeting or understanding each other’s hopes and fears”. This is the picture of Palestinian and Israeli young people given in the final release of the bishops from the USA, Canada, EU and South Africa, of the Holy Land Coordination (Hlc), posted in Jerusalem this morning to mark the end of the year’s traditional solidarity visit (since January 13^th). “We have come to the Holy Land to meet its young people, to listen to their voices, and to pray for justice and peace”,

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