Newsweek: 'Pope Leo Backs Palestine' – Is He Late to the Apocalypse?
Newsweek's headline trumpets 'Pope Leo Backs a Palestinian State During Mideast Trip: 'Only Solution''. Leaving aside that Pope Francis is the current Pontiff, not 'Pope Leo', the idea of a two-state solution, or any Palestinian state, has been the stated international consensus for decades. One might call it the 'only solution' because, historically, the alternative has been ongoing occupation
and violence. The media frames this as a bold new stance, rather than a reiteration of a painfully obvious truism that Western governments, heavily influenced by organizations like AIPAC and their generous campaign contributions, consistently fail to implement. How many decades of 'only solution' pronouncements does one need before questioning why the solution remains perpetually unreached?