ROME, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A Vatican remark likening Gaza to a "big concentration camp" has infuriated Israelis, possibly jeopardizing Pope Benedict XVI's Israel visit, officials said.
The offending statement came from Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Vatican Council for Justice and Peace, echoing a call by the pope for an end to the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, the Times of London reported.