I think this should wrap-up what should have never gotten so unwrapped. From a reader:
I wish could find the picture. But, I believe it was in the Jerusalem
Post that there was a picture of JPII being greeted by an Israeli
official, perhaps Barak. The caption read something to the effect,
“Pope John Paul II is greeting by Prime Minister Erud Barak. The pope
is the one in the yarmulke. ”