'Embarrassment' over the Israeli PM's failure to offer his condolences to Pope Francis

This post was originally published on France24

Retired Israeli diplomats have said the failure to send an Israeli delegation to the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome “puts a mark of shame” on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, says FRANCE 24’s Jerusalem correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky. In contrast, Gaza’s small Christian community has used heartfelt words to lament the passing of a champion of their cause.