The newly elected pope also said he believed Turkey had an “important role that it could play” in securing peace in the region. Following a visit in Turkey last week, Pope Leo XIV said that he had ...

THE fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has again highlighted the continued suffering of the more than 2 million Palestinian civilians there. Since Israel’s military campaign in the territory began in ...

After Pope Leo XIV met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month, he reiterated what has become one of the most familiar refrains in international diplomacy: The “only solution” to the ...

Lawyer May Pundak and political scientist Rula Hardal are reframing coexistence with a radical plan that goes beyond a two-state solution; shared borders, shared institutions and shared responsibility ...

The two-state solution refers to a long-standing proposal to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict by creating two independent states - Israel and a Palestinian state - living side by side in peace.

The pope, arriving in Lebanon, also encouraged that country’s Christians to stay where they are, despite economic, political and security concerns. By Motoko Rich Reporting from the papal plane en ...