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Israel’s Foreign Ministry swiped back at Pope Francis, whose Christmas address criticized Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as “cruelty.”
“Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children; cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days, including a baby and children, by terrorists and abusing them,” the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday night.
The pope opened his annual address to Catholic cardinals on Saturday by remarking, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is cruelty. This is not war. I wanted to say this because it touches the heart.”
The comments follow a recent controversy over a Nativity scene at the Vatican which featured baby Jesus wrapped in an anachronistic “Palestinian” keffiyeh. Images of Pope Francis inaugurating the scene on Dec. 7 created a backlash. Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli accused the pontiff of perpetuating a “dangerous blood libel” against Israel and distorting history.
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“Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children; cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days, including a baby and children, by terrorists and abusing them,” the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday night.
The pope opened his annual address to Catholic cardinals on Saturday by remarking, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is cruelty. This is not war. I wanted to say this because it touches the heart.”
The comments follow a recent controversy over a Nativity scene at the Vatican which featured baby Jesus wrapped in an anachronistic “Palestinian” keffiyeh. Images of Pope Francis inaugurating the scene on Dec. 7 created a backlash. Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli accused the pontiff of perpetuating a “dangerous blood libel” against Israel and distorting history.
Israel Slams Pope: ‘Cruelty is Terrorists Hiding Behind Children’
Minister Amichai Chikli accused the pontiff of perpetuating a “dangerous blood libel” against Israel and distorting history.
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