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Pope getting out of pope mobile as he arrives at site of mass2. Wide of crowd waving, welcoming pope3. Pope holding cross on stage, surrounded by clergy4. Mid of cross and Palestinian flag 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Pope Benedict XVI:\"In...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Pope getting out of pope mobile as he arrives at site of mass\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of crowd waving, welcoming pope\u003cbr/\u003e3. Pope holding cross on stage, surrounded by clergy\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of cross and Palestinian flag \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Pope Benedict XVI:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In a special way my heart goes out to the pilgrims from war-torn Gaza (UPSOUND: Applause). I ask you to bring back to your families and your communities my warm embrace and my sorrow for the, loss the hardship and the suffering you have had to endure.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Abbas clapping \u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of Pope on stage UPSOUND: congregation cheering\u003cbr/\u003e8. Congregation members waving Palestinian flag in the air\u003cbr/\u003e9. Pope receiving a Keffiyeh (Palestinian scarf) which is then removed by one his aides, as he makes his way through crowd\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide shot of Israel wall, and poster of pope, at Aida Refugee camp\u003cbr/\u003e11. Pope arriving at camp, accompanied by Abbas, officials and security \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide shot of stage set up for pope, separation barrier in background\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Pope Benedict XVI:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In a world where more and more borders are being opened up - to trade, to travel, to movement of peoples, to cultural exchanges - it is tragic to see walls still being erected. How we long to see the fruits of the much more difficult task of building peace.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Cutaway audience\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Pope Benedict XVI:\u003cbr/\u003e\"On both sides of the wall, great courage is needed if ever mistrust is to be overcome, if the urge to retaliate for loss or injury is to be resisted.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Palestinian and Vatican flags as bunting decorating the site, security in background\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pope Benedict XVI:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You are now living in precarious and difficult conditions with limited opportunities for employment. It is understandable that you often feel frustrated.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Banner for United Nations Resolution 194 supporting road map for peace\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President\u003cbr/\u003e\"In front of your Holiness, I address the Israelis, our neighbours, with a message of peace. I call upon them to relinquish their occupation, their settlements, arrests and insults. Their security is achieved only by peace, and having them accepted in the region achieves true peace. and by peace, we will have prosperity and co-existence in the region.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Audience \u003cbr/\u003e21. The pope receiving letters from children \u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of Pope Benedict and President Abbas walking into room, and the pope being presented with gift\u003cbr/\u003e23. The pontiff and Abbas walking, looking at painting \u003cbr/\u003e24. The pope and Abbas walking to car\u003cbr/\u003e25. Benedict getting into car\u003cbr/\u003e26. Various of Pope motorcade past checkpoint on outskirts of Bethlehem\u003cbr/\u003eStanding in the cradle of Christianity, Pope Benedict XVI told Palestinians on Wednesday he understood their suffering and offered his strongest and most symbolic public backing yet for an independent Palestinian state.\u003cbr/\u003eTo get to Jesus' traditional birthplace of Bethlehem, Benedict crossed through the towering concrete slabs of the separation barrier Israel has erected to wall off the West Bank's Palestinian areas.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter saying mass at Bethlehem's Manger Square, the pontiff visited a nearby refugee camp, where he expressed regret over Israel's construction of the separation barrier. \u003cbr/\u003eA section of the barrier fortified by an Israeli military watchtower provided a stark backdrop as he spoke. \u003cbr/\u003eAt the Aida refugee camp, the pope said it was understandable that Palestinians feel frustrated.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You are now living in precarious and difficult conditions,\" he said, noting an understanding that Palestinians aspirations for an independent Palestinian state, remain unfilled.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the pontiff also urged young people to \"have the courage to resist any temptation to resort to acts of violence\".\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier, at an open-air mass near Jesus' traditional birth grotto, Benedict delivered a special message of solidarity to the 1.4 (m) million Palestinians isolated in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. \u003cbr/\u003e\"In a special way my heart goes out to the pilgrims from war-torn Gaza. I ask you to bring back to your families and your communities my warm embrace and my sorrow for the loss the hardship and the suffering you have had to endure,\" the pope said.\u003cbr/\u003eHe spoke before thousands of Palestinians who packed Manger Square, some hoisting Palestinian and Vatican flags and pictures of the pontiff and Jesus.\u003cbr/\u003eBenedict's singling out of Gaza \"means that Gaza is in the pope's heart,\" said George Hernandz, bishop of the Holy Family Catholic church in\u003cbr/\u003eGaza City. \u003cbr/\u003e\"This a very courageous speech and we are satisfied.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe pope has no plans to visit Gaza.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Bethlehem, he offered a prayer for Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza.\u003cbr/\u003eIsrael recently waged a three-week assault on Gaza that killed more than 1,150 people and badly damaged thousands of homes. \u003cbr/\u003eThe war compounded suffering already caused by an Israeli and Egyptian blockade of Gaza's borders since Hamas wrested control of Gaza two years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eAt the refugee camp, home to about 5,000 people, the pope was critical of Israel's separation barrier.\u003cbr/\u003e\"In a world where more and more borders are being opened up ... it is tragic to see walls still being erected,\" Benedict said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"How we long to see the fruits of the much more difficult task of building peace,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eIsrael says the barrier, which snakes hundreds of miles (kilometres) along the West Bank frontier, is a security measure. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the Palestinians say it is a land grab since it juts into areas they claim for a future independent state, leaving some 10 percent of the West Bank on the Israeli side.\u003cbr/\u003eThey also charge that the barrier cuts tens of thousands off from their farms and from public services.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a gesture for the pope's visit, Israel allowed nearly 100 members of Gaza's tiny Christian community to travel through Israeli territory to the West Bank.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pontiff brought several gifts to Bethlehem, including a ventilator for a baby hospital and a mosaic representation of the birth of Jesus. \u003cbr/\u003eHe received a handwritten Gospel of Luke.\u003cbr/\u003eBenedict's first visit to Bethlehem since becoming pope took on increased significance as he endorsed the idea of a homeland while standing on Palestinian soil.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pope said he supports the right of Palestinian people for a sovereign Palestinian homeland that is secure and peaceful and within internationally recognised borders, he noted, standing alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.\u003cbr/\u003eBenedict's Holy Land pilgrimage was meant largely to boost interfaith relations, but so far, it has been fraught with political land mines.\u003cbr/\u003eIsraelis have criticised the German-born pope for failing to adequately express remorse for the Holocaust, while the Palestinians are pressing him to draw attention 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