Twal,a Jordanian who heads the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, said the Israeli occupation must end.
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Most of the worshippers were Palestinians,and Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal expressed solidarity with their suffering.
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"We also call upon the Palestinians themselves to return to unity in the context of a recognised Palestinian legal structure, and in this way to spare the people the continuing and degrading siege, " Archbishop Twal added.