This week in power: Brussels attack and Pope visit

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Brussels on edge
“Fears of a resurgence in violent antisemitism were raised after an attack at a Jewish museum in the centre of Brussels on Saturday left three people dead and one badly injured,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Yossi Melman in The Jerusalem Post. Others wonder how this act of terror ” target=”_blank”>agenda really was. “The centerpiece of the pope's trip also had nothing to do with the politics of Palestinian statehood. The Vatican emphasized that the purpose of the journey was a meeting between Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew, the archbishop of Constantinople and primary leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians,” ” target=”_blank”>gesture of the trip alone should be enough to satisfy disbelievers.