Although he has been to Israel many times before, for Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, his meeting on Thursday with President Shimon Peres was a first.
Archbishop of Canterbury in Jerusalem, June 27, 2013. – Photo: REUTERS
In saying what a privilege it was to meet the President, “and a great privilege to always come to this land.”
Peres, who had come to the meeting at his residence directly from the Herzl Day Commemoration where he was the keynote speaker, also refrained from directly mentioning the name of the country and called it “the Holy Land”.
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