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Jesus is from israel and jesus would recognize the need for this wall and security. he spoke hebrew and the pope corrected him. he said, no, he spoke arabic and i will talk to you about the security wall once the reporters leave the room. so the pope pushed back a little at netanyahu and said, we need to talk about this. yes, israel is entitled to security. its a necessaity but palestinians are entitled to freedom. how can we make this work. >> looking at these pictures is this a first for the p...

Nothing can be easy. and i know the controversy. started from the beginning and went first to beth leam under palestinian control. >> the pope flew from jordan from held to bethlehem. and he performed a mass there and went and saw the separate wall. and israelis call the security wall and he had a photoopand that was the first headline. today he provided different headlines on the israeli side. >> what was the most important part for the israelis? what do they hope the pope would deliver? >> rep...

Aggression. he had another day of fasting and prayer and intervening in that peace process and it seems that hes intent in intervening, too. even though theres controversy thus far about his interventions, especially, of course, his stop at the security wall where he bowed his head in prayer. >> why is he doing this, beyond the role of peacemaker? bigger picture here, father? >> i think the pope sees it a question of justice. how long does this land need to continue to be divided. so when he sto...

Bridge this conflict. he made a lot of news yesterday while calling the palestinian territories the west bank palestine, recognizing it as the state of palestine, saying the waig there is unacceptable. touring en route to bethlehem, he made a stop at the security wall. he pressed his head to the walt, closed his -- pressed his head to the wall. ache * how ar -- eric: how are the israelis responding? >> reporter: he went to the whose caught monument here.

Land. a rabbi and an imam have been about his side throughout his trip. he then left a wreath of the father of modern zionism. saying never again, lord, never again. deviating from his ie tynery he also visited a memorial. but it was yesterday in bethlehem that the pope dove head first. calling the west bank, palestine. the pontiff made a surprising stop at the security wall which separates israel from bethlehem. getting out of his car and pressing his head to the wall, he closed his eyes and pr...

Unacceptable. then the pontiff made a surprising stop to a security wall that would separate israel from -- he closed his eyes and prayed, it was a powerful image in a very controversial spot, later while celebrating mass, palestinian president mahmood abbas. both aheaders quickly accepted the offer. the pope condemned the attacks on a jewish museum in brussels. now francis is wrapping up his visit to the middle east. they said a prayer together, it was a sign of christian unity. he will continu...

The pontiff touched down in bethlehem by helicopter just a few hours ago. >> we are joined life by conner powell in bethlehem. what was the popes message since landing in the west bank? >> reporter: well, vatican officials describe this trip by pope francis here to the holy land originally as something along the lines of a religious pilgrimage, but it is taking a very political message here in bethlehem earlier today meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. the situation here in palesti...

Depended on him being the prime minister. he was the person who personally guaranteed that if there were terrorism that came out of the gaza strip he would go back in. his successor chickened out, didnt do it as was necessary and, you know, you cant really make historic policy based on your own personal because who knows what will happen. a stroke can happen and then things go south. >> yeah. was it his belief that israel really had to chart its own course, its own future. >> thats the story of ...

State-based ones are using the hub. thats why we had confidence in their ability to take the next roleon. and it has to be driven with a clear set of out comes and deadlines and they will be helping to manage that process. >> on the issue of security, there was a security breach that arose recently that i read about, at any rate. and what i think is very important here, because the issue of privacy has been raised, and i think that that has been answered. because very importantly, there isnt any...

Actually take this next role on and coordinate the activities moving forward, which have to be driven with a very clear set of outcomes, very accountable timelines and deadlines, and they will be helping to manage that process. >> on the issue of security, there was a security breach that arose recently that i read about, at any rate. what i think is very important here, because the issue of privacy has been raised, and i think that that has been answered. very importantly, there isnt any health...