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Vatican raps Israel for 'denying disaster'
The Vatican newspaper has denounced what it called a decision by the IDF to deny emergency help to disaster victims in Sri Lanka. Calling for "a radical and dramatic change of perspective" among people "too often preoccupied with making war," L'Osservatore Romano singled out Israeli military leaders for declining a request for emergency medical help.

Contrary to the Vatican report, an Israeli plane carrying 80 tons of food and medical supplies worth $100,000 was set to depart for Sri Lanka Wednesday morning. At the request of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, a team of some 150 Israeli medical and security personnel aborted their planned trip to the island nation Tuesday night.

The Vatican paper observed that in what "should be a time for unconditional solidarity," some world leaders seem incapable of escaping a "small-minded approach that restricts their horizons." The fact that the devastation swept across different societies, cultures, and nations should help to reinforce the universal perspective, the paper suggested.

AS POSTED BELOW, SRI LANKAN AUTHORITIES REFUSED AN ISRAELI AID DELEGATION BUT NOT ISRAELI MONEY. NO JEWS ALLOWED, JUST SHECKELS. MAYBE THE VATICAN WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS ARTICLE AT HONESTREPORTING.COM ABOUT THE MEDIA'S IGNORING ISRAEL'S EXTENSIVE DISASTER AID.