Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar attends a news conference with Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger (not seen) at the Ciampino airport, south of Rome, September 15, 2005, after a private meeting with Pope Benedict in his summer residence of Castelgandolfo. The rabbis urged Pope Benedict to forcefully deplore the destruction of synagogues in Gaza by Palestinians after the Israeli withdrawal. REUTERS/Max Rossi MR/mk