Word: yisrael
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When the event, which did not make most American TV news shows, finally took place in the Pontifical Institute of Notre Dame, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Yisrael Lau sent a murmur through the crowd by claiming, falsely, that the Pope had recognized Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem. Tamimi's presentation, delivered in a harsh tone, was so bitterly partisan that the moderator felt the need to "remind everyone of the spirit in which we came here today, as religious people who can put aside our politics." The Pope sat through much of the meeting with his hand to his forehead, although whether...
...most prominent and exposed of these is the city of Jerusalem. In January, Israel's Chief Rabbi Yisrael Lau asserted that John Paul's visit to the Western Wall would constitute "de facto recognition...of a united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty." The Vatican supports no such thing. Weeks later, it signed an agreement with the P.L.O., whose preamble stated that unilateral actions by any party in Jerusalem are "morally and legally unacceptable." The Israelis were furious, but the trip was kept on track...