[Israel]: Message to the Holy See

[Owen]

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PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL​

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5 August 2001​

Dear Eduardo Cardinal Somalo, I can confirm that the Sephardi and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbis have accepted your invitation and as the President, the Head of the State, I will also be in attendance and the two Chief Rabbis will be accompanying me along with the Islamic Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Ekrima Sa'id Sabri. We will all be travelling together on an Israeli Air Force 767. We look forward to seeing you soon to pay our respects to His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Yours sincerely, Yitzhak Rabin.

Beit HaNassi, KOMEMIYUT, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 92232​

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Confidential​

Unto: Yitzhak Rabin, President of the State of Isreal ( Owen )
From: Eduardo Cardinal Somalo, Camerlengo of the Holy See
RE: Papal Funeral

Mr. President,

Thank you for your confirmation the attendance of the Chief Rabbis, I shall ensure their places are reserved. As for your political delegation, they are most welcome, and we are able to offer the a place in the second row of the Left Apse, which is reserved for the Political Delegations to the funeral. As such I will reserve two seats for you and the Grand Mufti in the Left Apse, and 2 seats for the Rabbi in the Right Apse.


With our Sorrow and Gratitude,
<Signed>
Eduardo Cardinal Somalo
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
Cardinal Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù