Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weisz of the Inter-Religious Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has written to Pope Leo XIV to complain about rhetoric he has used to describe Israel’s war of self-defense against Hamas. Last month, the Pope accused Israel of an “attack” on a Catholic church in Gaza, implying that it was hit on purpose, after the Israeli military concluded that the church had been accidentally hit by a misfired munition. Last week, at a large gathering for the Jubilee of Youth in Rome, the Pope concluded: “We are closer than ever to young people who suffer the...
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