Vatican denounces statements denting right of Israel to exist

The Vatican today condemned as “unacceptable” statements denying the right of Israel to exist, in an apparent reference to the Iranian president’s recent remarks.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls also denounced recent Palestinian attacks against Israel and Israeli retaliation, and reaffirmed the Vatican’s view that both Israel and the Palestinians had the right to live “in peace, security, each one in their own sovereign states.”