[B Knotts]

Incidentally, I have perused the PDF of the front page of L'Osservatore Romano for Dec. 29 (on which the CWN article claims to have gotten those quotes), and the only mention of Israel I can find is something roughly translated thusly:

It is of these hours, in fact, the news second which the Government of the Sri Lanka has refused the attendance of a medical team from the Israeli army that would be due to leave in order to carry aid to the victims of the tsunami.

So, I have no idea who really said what about whom.

[Baraonda]

Can you post a link to L'Oservatore Romano. I think they may have an English translation too.