Is The Issue Terrorism Or Taxes?

In his Sunday sermon on July 24, Pope Benedict XVI condemned "the execrable terrorist attacks which caused death, destruction, and violence in different countries including Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, and Britain", but did not mention the the attack that took place Netanya in Israel on July 12. Yesterday, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Vatican ambassador to convey a strong statement condemning the omission. Today the Italian publication Asia News alleges that the Foreign Ministry statement was really a smokescreen for Israel's cancellation of planned negotiations with the Vatican on a new treaty to confirm the Church's tax exemptions and property rights in Israel. However it offers no explanation for the omission of Israel in the Pope's sermon.