Bishop Michel Dubost: 'the separation wall' in the Holy Land

(Vatican Radio) Frenchman Bishop Michel Dubost of Evry took part in the annual 13th Holy Land Coordination in support and solidarity with the Christian Churches in the region.

Veronica Scarisbrick, who was travelling with this delegation of bishops, asked him to share with her his perception of the 'separation wall' that snakes through the West Bank. In his reply Bishop Dubost highlighted how a physical wall cannot offer security to anyone when there is lack of trust in your neighbour. Furthermore he commented: ". visible borders only provide us with a glimpse of the invisible borders hidden in our hearts..."

In this interview Bishop Michel Dubost also highlights how : "there is no technical solution to this issue, there is only a political solution. And those walls tell us we have no confidence, we don't want a political solution. And that's awful..."

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