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Anger at cardinal's likening of Gaza to death camp
JERUSALEM – Israel said Saturday it was shocked and distressed by a senior Vatican cardinal's likening of Gaza under Israel's military offensive to a concentration camp.
A spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry said the cardinal, whose remarks appeared in an interview Wednesday, adopted the kind of language that Hamas and other Islamic militant groups have used to demonize Israel and equate it with Nazi Germany.
"It was shocking to hear the same kind of terminology from such a high-ranking member of the church," Israeli spokesman Yigal Palmor
Full Story:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_vatican;_ylt=AlyQnbM2OUQhwobEEvTdbIQLewgF
JERUSALEM – Israel said Saturday it was shocked and distressed by a senior Vatican cardinal's likening of Gaza under Israel's military offensive to a concentration camp.
A spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry said the cardinal, whose remarks appeared in an interview Wednesday, adopted the kind of language that Hamas and other Islamic militant groups have used to demonize Israel and equate it with Nazi Germany.
"It was shocking to hear the same kind of terminology from such a high-ranking member of the church," Israeli spokesman Yigal Palmor
Full Story:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_vatican;_ylt=AlyQnbM2OUQhwobEEvTdbIQLewgF