Elie Wiesel called the pope’s criticism of Israel’s planned security barrier a "politicization of terrorism." The Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate told the Corriere della Serra newspaper that he expected Pope John Paul II to back Israel’s right to self-defense and condemn terrorism without commenting on the fence, which Israel is building to prevent terrorist infiltration.
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