Former Israeli ambassador: Tel Aviv should not attend the Pope’s funeral.
According to Al Jazeera, Dror Eydar the former Israeli ambassador to Italy, said that Tel Aviv should not send a representative to attend the funeral of the late Catholic leader Pope Francis.
He claimed that Pope Francis was anti-Semitic. His comments came in response to the late Catholic leader’s stances against the Gaza war.
Eydar added that Pope Francis made limited statements in favor of the Israeli regime, while at the same time accusing the regime of genocide.
In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Maariv, Eydar accused the late pontiff of antisemitism and claimed that attending the funeral would be a blow to Israel’s national dignity.
Eydar criticized Pope Francis for, in his words, offering only limited support for Israel while sharply condemning its actions in Gaza.
“He spoke about the children of Gaza, not our children, and portrayed us as the villains of the world,” Eydar said, further accusing the Pope of fueling global antisemitism.
The late pope, according to Eydar, “continued to filter venom against us and accused us of genocide”.