“No other nation in the world would accept its people living under threat of rockets and attacks from which they have only seconds to flee,” said Maurice Sosnowski, President of CCOJB, the umbrella organisation of Belgian Jewish organizations, as he spoke Sunday in Brussels at a rally of support for Israel attended by around 1,500 people.
Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, has reacted with « shock and dismay » at the latest display of anti-Semitism among supporters of the Italian club S.S. Lazio, which occurred during a Europa League match between Lazio and the English club Tottenham Hotspur in Rome on Thursday evening.
The European Parliament expressed its support for “Palestine’s bid to become a UN non-member observer'' as MEPs consider the move as ''an important step in making Palestinian claims more visible, stronger and more effective.''
IDF says group of Palestinians tried to breach border fence prompting warning shots in air, and then at legs; Hamas security officials come closer to border fence than ever before, escort Gazans away from ''no-go'' zone.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked his visit to Israel Tuesday by insisting that the loss of civilian life on both sides of the Gaza escalation was “unacceptable under any circumstances”, and he sought to lead international mediation efforts.
PM: Israel is giving the cease-fire with Hamas a chance; Barak: Truce is not an agreement but a set of understandings between Israel and Egypt, Hamas and Egypt; IDF official: Hamas will be shocked by level of damage in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: ''We decided, President Obama and myself, that the United States and Israel would work together to fight the smuggling of weapons to the terror organizations - weapons, virtually all of which come from Iran. »
