Israel’s Minister Amichai Chikli wrote to Pope Francis, reminding him of the Vatican’s Holocaust history and stating, “Jesus was born, lived, and died as a Jew.” He criticized the Pope for attending a display depicting Jesus as a Palestinian Arab with a keffiyeh and accused him of trivializing the term “genocide” in a way that borders on Holocaust denial, following the Pope’s call for an investigation into Israel’s response to Hamas after the October 7 massacre.