Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli wrote to the Pope to demand an explanation of the Pope's support for the Palestinian narrative. "It is a well-known fact that Jesus was born to a Jewish mother, lived as a Jew, and died as a Jew. It is also a well-known fact that the term “Jew” originates from Judah, the fourth son of Leah, from whom the Tribe of Judah descended.