“The Pope’s historic prayer at the apartheid wall illustrates the rise of religion as a force for social justice,” Kevin Barrett wrote for the Press TV website.

In a surprise move on his recent visit to Bethlehem, the pontiff on May 25 suddenly asked his driver to stop. He got out and walked over to the wall that separates Israel from Palestine and prayed.

“The Pope’s gesture spoke louder than his mostly empty words. He was obviously praying for the apartheid wall to come down. But he cannot say such things directly,” Barrett wrote.

He said the pontiff’s gesture gives a boost to an already strong anti-Zionist movement across the world.

“Will [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, the Pope, and the pro-justice Muslims (led by the Islamic Republic of Iran) unite to put an end to Zionism and its dream of a New World Order with a capital in Occupied Jerusalem (East al-Quds)?” Barrett asked.

The political commentator referred to Lebanese Hezbollah movement’s battle against Tel Aviv in the 2006 Israeli war, saying the resistance movement is “prepared to inflict an even more stunning defeat on the Zionists should they dare to attack Lebanon again.”

“If the new religious movements for social justice unite – and make common cause with everyone who supports justice, including those who consider themselves secularists – who knows what the future might bring,” wrote the analyst.