The Jerusalem Post April 22, 2025
Time and again, Israel expressed dismay at the Vatican’s tendency to elevate Palestinian narratives while brushing aside Israeli concerns

Then foreign minister Tzipi Livni put it plainly at the time
“I regret that the Vatican decided to participate in a step that blatantly ignores the history of the Jewish people in Israel and Jerusalem.”

The Vatican’s posture under Francis consistently privileged a politicized version of the Palestinian story over the complex reality on the ground.

Whether during the canonization of two Palestinian nuns in 2015 or in statements following clashes in Jerusalem in 2021 the Holy See often seemed more interested in defending Palestinian identity than acknowledging Israel’s security dilemmas.