Cardinal Renato Martino, the Vatican's justice and peace minister, was quoted by the online Italian daily Il Sussidario as saying that the conditions in Gaza "increasingly resemble a big concentration camp".
On Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI said he wanted to encourage efforts to get Israelis and Palestinians to sit down together in peace talks over the Gaza conflict.
Benedict was speaking to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's square, repeating his warning that hate and rejection of dialogue only lead to war. The Vatican said that he would like to go to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage this spring, but no concrete plans have been made!
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