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[13] A further meeting was scheduled for 1 December 2011[14] but was convened, in Israel, only on 26 January 2012. It opened on 16 January 2017. As a result of the Agreement, diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel were established in 1994, with the Vatican appointing an apostolic nuncio to Israel and Israel appointing an ambassador to the Vatican.

Regarding a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem, he urged that the cycle of violence be broken and that both parties avoid unilateral actions. “Too many innocent civilians, on both sides, have paid the price of the indiscriminate use of violence and force,” lamented Monsignor Tomasz Grysa, the First Counsellor of the Holy  See’s Permanent Observer Mission at the United Nations in New York on Monday. [18] Another meeting was held on 11 February 2014 in Jerusalem, and the next meeting was scheduled for June 2014. In his statement, Mgr Gallagher countered such concerns. A further meeting took place in Jerusalem on 18 January 2017[20] and another meeting took place in the Vatican on 13 June 2017. [16] The Working Commission met on 29 January 2013, but no specific progress was reported. It did not resolve all issues, and the parties continue to meet in an attempt to resolve the issues outstanding. Cited in Council on Foreign Relations, diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel, Dioceses of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchates, Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, Pontifical Institutes of Consecrated Life, Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel, Former Israeli Ambassador to the Vatican Joins University Faculty, Agreement Between the State of Israel and the Holy See, Legal Personality Agreement with the Holy See- Legal Background, Netanyahu, peace problems and the Pope’s visit, Meeting of the Israel-Vatican Bilateral Commission held in Jerusalem, Fundamental Accord: Israel-Vatican Working Commission, Holy See-Israel Negotiations Advance, Zenit News Agency, Meeting between Israel and Holy See postponed, Catholic News Agency, Holy See-Israel talks continue to make progress, joint statement reports, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/MFA+Spokesman/2011/Israel-Vatican-negotiations-joint+communique-14-Jun-2011.htm, Meeting of Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel, Meeting of the Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the State of Israel and the Holy See, Meeting of Bilateral Permanent Working Commission: State of Israel and the Holy See, Israel and Holy See hold BPWC negotiations and bilateral dialogue, Address of the Cardinal Secretary of State to commemorate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the Holy See, 14.06.2019, Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel – December 30, 1993, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundamental_Agreement_Between_the_Holy_See_and_the_State_of_Israel&oldid=945736479, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2020, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from January 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Palestinian Catholics are thus full citizens of the Palestinian state. There was no way that Israel was going to grant such status, especially not for a community overwhelmingly made up of Israeli citizens. However, the Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and Israel has been stalled for 22 years. Diplomatic relations between the two states were established after the signing of the agreement.

The Agreement deals with the property rights and tax exemptions of the Roman Catholic Church within Israeli territory. Under the agreement, the legal status of the Catholic Church, freedom of conscience and freedom of religion are guaranteed. See also He also observed that with such an accord the Catholic Church can provide better services to the population now that its legal status in Palestine is recognised. The next meeting took place on 6 December 2010,[12] and yet another on 14 June 2011. Grysa noted, is making the two-state solution more difficult to realize.

[1] However, the Israeli Knesset has not passed legislation to ratify the treaty in Israel's domestic law. The Agreement and its Additional Protocol were ratified by the State of Israel on 20 February 1994, and on the same date the Holy See was notified of such ratification. Vatican City, 27 September 2013 (VIS) – The Bilateral Commission of the Holy See and the State of Palestine, which is working on a Global Agreement following the Basic Agreement, signed on 15 February 2000, met yesterday in a Plenary Session in the Vatican to acknowledge the work carried out at an informal level by […] Riad al-Malki too underscored the new elements in the agreement. Rabbi David Rosen, "Israel-Vatican Relations 1993 - 1998". Israel’s Foreign Minister criticises the agreement. By contrast, the State of Israel is not pleased with the agreement. A Comprehensive Agreement was signed between the Holy See and the State of Palestine on Friday 26 June, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Attualità del fondatore del Pime, Giovani e martiri in Asia: la missione di papa Francesco in Corea, Al-Ghazâlî - Pensatore e maestro spirituale.