Israel’s Diaspora Minister to Pope: ‘Jesus lived and died as a Jew’
‘There is no other way to understand this decision than as a deliberate adoption of the Palestinian narrative.’
World Israel News 21.12.2024
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli wrote a harshly worded letter to the Pope on Thursday, calling on him to stop spreading a “dangerous blood libel.”
Chikli’s criticism focused on the Pope’s statement that the question of genocide in Gaza “should be carefully investigated” and on the nativity display at the Vatican featuring baby Jesus on a keffiyeh as swaddling clothes, implying he was a Palestinian Arab.
“Two weeks ago, you took part in a display that echoes the Palestinian narrative, portraying Jesus as a Palestinian Arab,” Chikli wrote.
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