Amid the tributes that flowed in after Pope Francis’ death, a note of reservation stood out: Many Jews in Israel and ...

Hours after Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without ...

And it is the ambassador, Yaron Sideman, who will represent Israel at the funeral of Pope Francis. This is in marked contrast ...

Pope Francis repeatedly called for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, including during an Easter Sunday address delivered ...

Pope Francis regularly called a church in Gaza to ask how residents there were doing during the Israel-Hamas war. He is ...

The delay in issuing a statement reflected apparent tensions between Israel and Francis, who criticized Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza.

It was the first of about a dozen meetings I had with the Pope during my time as Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See—mostly brief, either alone, with Israeli leaders, or with the diplomatic corps.

Israel's Foreign Ministry posted an X post offering condolences for the death of Pope Francis, but then deleted the message ...

The source referenced a glowing eulogy by the president but did not explain Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s silence or ...

After four days without comment, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night offered terse condolences on the death of Pope Francis, underscoring a rift between Israel and the Vatican in ...