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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. it's a necessaity but palestinians are entitled to freedom. how can we make this work. >> looking at these pictures is this a first for the pope? >> yes. it's also the first for the pope to enter the territory through the west bank there. >...

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? >> reporter: three things

Aggression. he had another day of fasting and prayer and intervening in that peace process and it seems that he's intent in intervening, too. even though there's 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 stood at that security wall, we know that he's not in favor of that wall because, from his perspectiv...

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 prayed.