Pope Francis has been afflicted with “a bad case of ‘Palestinianism'” and his “woke, left-wing leanings” are a “disservice” to Catholicism, writes Alan Dershowitz.

“By accepting Palestinianism and supporting the Hamas narrative, he is siding with the enemies of Christianity, the enemies of Judaism, and the enemies of decency,” Dershowitz wrote Wednesday in an opinion piece published in the Daily Caller.

Pope Francis in November suggested that the global community should study whether Israel’s military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people, a hypocritical move considering the Vatican’s “complicity in genocide during World War II,” Dershowitz said.

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