Sentence examples for Sovereign homeland from inspiring English sources

This week's trip, the first official papal visit to Israel, is a historic Christian affirmation of the Jewish right to a sovereign homeland.

His scheduled stop on Thursday at President Ezer Weizman's official residence in Jerusalem has been hailed as nothing less than a Christian affirmation of the Jewish right to a sovereign homeland, with Jerusalem as its capital.

The communiqué calls for a two-state solution so that the Palestinians would have "an independent and sovereign homeland where they can live with dignity and security," and "the State of Israel will be able to enjoy peace and security within internationally recognized borders".

In a long-awaited final environmental impact statement, the agency said its alternative was a compromise that reflected "a focus on the immediate and shorter-term needs of the nation to re-establish a sovereign homeland and on the New York State and local government requests to consider a more compact and contiguous trust land group".

The Kurds were not given a sovereign homeland by the colonial powers that carved up the region after the first world war and have been battling ever since to establish one on land that is now northern Iraq, western Iran, eastern Syria and southern Turkey.

In earlier remarks, Benedict told Palestinians celebrating Mass in Manger Square that after decades of suffering, they had a right to a sovereign homeland "in the land of your forefathers, secure and at peace with its neighbors, within internationally recognized borders".

Let it be likewise acknowledged that the Palestinian people have a right to a sovereign independent homeland, to live with dignity and to travel freely.

A digest of the past week's prophetic and interpretive thought "The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland".

[ image: /photos/590954dc1c7a8e33fb38b3a4] A digest of the past week's prophetic and interpretive thought "The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland".

By David Holmes September 28 , 2011[ image: /photos/590954dc1c7a8e33fb38b3a4] A digest of the past week's prophetic and interpretive thought "The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland".

"The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland," he said.