Monday, December 17, 2012
One-sided condemnation of Israel from Europe
Hatred of the Jews is slowly making a comeback
Four European Union member states reportedly opposed an official condemnation of Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s incitement-filled speech last weekend, leading to harsh responses from Israeli leaders that Europe was being one-sided.
According to an Israel Radio report Wednesday, Denmark, Finland, Portugal and Ireland pressured European foreign ministers to condemn Israel solely for its E1 settlement construction plan at a meeting of the body’s foreign council Monday.
In the end, the statement included a brief rebuke of Hamas’s call for Israel’s destruction, after an 11th-hour intervention by Germany and the Czech Republic, Israel Radio reported.
Israeli leaders slammed the EU statement, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that Europe’s lack of a strong condemnation of Hamas was a “deafening silence.”
“We can’t accept that, when Jews build homes in [Israel's] ancient capital, the international community has no problem finding its voice, but when Palestinian leaders openly call for the destruction of Israel, the one and only Jewish state, the world is silent,” Netanyahu said.
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I find Bibbi's statement about 'the one and only Jewish state' peculiar.
Is he suggesting that all religions are entitled to at least one state of their own? Is he suggesting maybe there should be more Jewish states to compete with all the Arab Republics?
I would think that religious freedom and tolerance within secular states should probably be enough - however, you will only find lip-service paid to religious freedom in Israel.
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