Die israelische Polizei hindert katholische Führer daran, die Palmsonntagsmesse in der Jerusalemer Kirche zu feiern

>Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism from the United States and others.

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>The closure sparked a wave of criticism that Israeli authorities had gone too far in restricting worship, including from Israel’s top ally, the United States.

>U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee said the incident was “an unfortunate overreach” that was hard to justify.

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>French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the incident, which he said had added to the “concerning increase in violations of the status of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem.” In a post on X, Macron wrote: “The free exercise of worship in Jerusalem must be guaranteed for all religions.”

>Italian authorities across the political spectrum condemned the move to restrict Pizzaballa, an Italian cardinal considered a leading papal contender in the 2025 conclave, to access the church.

In what is, I’m sure, just a coincidence, cardinal Pizzaballa has been quite vocally critical of the war in Iran.

Between the corruption, authoritarianism and war crimes, Netanyahu isn’t actually any better a leader than Turkey’s Erdogan. But he gets a pass because of the ’special‘ relationship the West supposedly has with Israel.