JERUSALEM, May 5 (UPI) -- An Israeli Knesset member Tuesday called Pope Benedict XVI an anti-Semite and unsuccessfully demanded a discussion on the pontiff's upcoming visit to Israel.
Ynetnews reported Knesset Member Michael Ben-Ari of the National Union party said the parliament should state its position on the Catholic spiritual leader, who he claimed "is an anti-Semite, was a member of the Hitler youth and returned a Holocaust-denying bishop to the church." He also said the pontiff continues to blame the Jewish people for the killing of Jesus.