Necva Tastan Sevinc<\/p>\n
09 June 2026\u2022Update: 09 June 2026<\/p>\n
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemned rising violence targeting Christians, their places of worship and institutions in occupied East Jerusalem and Israel during talks Tuesday with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
Barrot hosted Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa ahead of a June 12 conference in Paris that will bring together Israeli and Palestinian civil society representatives to discuss a two-state solution, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n
Barrot reaffirmed France’s commitment to preserving the Christian presence in the Holy Land, as well as supporting religious pluralism and freedom of worship across the Middle East.<\/p>\n
He condemned, “in the strongest possible terms,” the increasing violence, acts of intimidation and attacks targeting Christians, their places of worship and institutions in Jerusalem, Palestine and Israel, it said.<\/p>\n
Barrot also stressed the need to preserve the historical status quo at Jerusalem’s holy sites, describing it as essential for the stability of the city and the wider region.<\/p>\n
The two sides discussed the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and reviewed the condition of the enclave’s Christian community.<\/p>\n
Barrot reiterated France’s humanitarian support for Gaza, including assistance channeled through the Latin Patriarchate, and underlined the urgency of achieving an effective ceasefire, ensuring humanitarian access and supporting Gaza’s reconstruction.<\/p>\n
Barrot wrote separately on US social media company X that France is committed to supporting Christian communities in the Holy Land through political and material assistance, including support for schools, hospitals and cultural heritage projects.<\/p>\n
He also announced plans to work with the Latin Patriarchate to revive Christian educational activities in Gaza.<\/p>\n
“We have notably agreed with the patriarch to work on relaunching the Christian educational presence in Gaza,” said Barrot.<\/p>\n
He also reaffirmed France’s support for a two-state solution as the only path capable of ensuring lasting peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Necva Tastan Sevinc 09 June 2026\u2022Update: 09 June 2026 French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemned rising violence targeting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-484465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}