Bishop Robert Barron says Catholics may criticise Israel while backing its existence

What was said

""the church recognizes the right of the state of Israel to exist. So the churches and the popes have affirmed that you know over the last several decades. But it's important to make that distinction you just did. There's biblical Israel, then there's the modern political state of Israel, and they're two different things.""

Bishop Robert Barron says the Church recognises the modern state of Israel’s right to exist, while distinguishing it from “biblical Israel”. He says Catholics can criticise Israeli government policies as they would any other government, and that the Church opposes antisemitism.