Not the act of a religious leader “selective indignation.” Goes on and on --

He became increasingly critical of Israel’s conduct as the war — started by the terrorists invasion of unprovoked brutal terror, monstrous, violent Guerilla warfare unleashed inside Israel's borders drag on.

1. His criticism of Israel was clear and constant,
2. He slammed Israel’s military response as “cruelty, this is not war.”
3. He openly questioned whether Israel’s military campaign constituted genocide.
4. He went so far as to call Israeli airstrikes “terrorism”
5. His moral compass faltered time and again: with the State of Israel.
6. He was troublingly lopsided.

But avoided
1. Hamas terror atrocities
2. explicit reference to its atrocities.
3. condemnation of its terror onslaught.
4. its evil barbarism and brutality
5. its tunnel-based urban warfare terror
6. its taking civilian hostages
7. its use of civilians as human shields
8. its murder, destruction

Then baby Jesus a Jew lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol Who does that especially in such volatile situation

He emphasized humility and reconciliation, but struggled in exhibiting the same balance when it came to the world’s only Jewish state.
Even in his calls for peace, the pope too often spoke as if Israel’s existence was incidental to the conflict, rather than fundamental to the peace.

Why didn't he tell Hamas