After the unprecedented attack by Hamas militants, numerous world leaders expressed their solidarity with Israel. Iran stands out by praising the Palestinian rocket attack that Lebanon has been linked to. Russia and Saudi Arabia are calling for a ceasefire.
“The United States stands with Israel”. Joe Biden says this when he talks about attacking Israel. “It’s unimaginable,” he adds. “My administration’s support for Israel’s security is solid and unwavering,” Biden said.
“The Italian government Follow closely the brutal attack unfolding in Israel. Strongly condemn the ongoing terror and violence against innocent civilians. Terror will never win. We support Israel’s right to defend itself“we read in a note from Palazzo Chigi. A concept reiterated by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who states in a note published by Farnesina: “The government strongly condemns the attacks on Israel.” People’s lives, the security of the region and the resumption of a political process are at risk. Hamas must stop this barbaric violence immediately. We support Israel’s right to exist and self-defense.”
“Israel has the right to defend itself against these hateful attacks,” the European Commission president tweeted Ursula von der Leyen He expressed his “unequivocal condemnation” of Hamas’ attacks, which he described as “terrorism in its most despicable form.” “Concern about what is happening and solidarity with Israel in view of the condemnation of the terrorist attacks by Hamas,” said the EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni. “We follow the news from Israel with concern and condemn the attacks by Hamas unreservedly,” he continued“High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell. “This terrible violence must stop immediately. Nothing can be solved with terrorism and violence,” adds Borrell. “The EU expresses its solidarity with Israel in these difficult moments.” France also “strongly condemns the ongoing terrorist attacks against Israel and its people,” the Quai d’Orsay wrote in a statement this morning. Paris “expresses its full solidarity with Israel and the victims of these attacks” and “affirms its absolute rejection of terrorism and its commitment to the security of Israel.”
even there France”“Strongly condemns the ongoing terrorist attacks against Israel and its people,” he wrote in a note Quai d’Orsay. Paris “expresses its full solidarity with Israel and the victims of these attacks” and “affirms its absolute rejection of terrorism and its commitment to the security of Israel.” The French President, Emmanuel Macron He also personally expressed his “strong condemnation of the terrorist attacks currently affecting Israel” with the hundreds of Hamas rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The French president expressed “complete solidarity with the victims, their families and those close to them.”
There Spain expressed shock at the “indiscriminate violence” of rocket fire and attacks carried out by Gaza militants against Israel this morning. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the very serious terrorist attacks from Gaza against Israel. We are shocked by this indiscriminate violence,” the foreign minister wrote José Manuel Albares.
Also the Great Britain unequivocally condemns Hamas’ horrific attacks on Israeli civilians. “The UK will always support Israel’s right to self-defense,” British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly wrote on social media.
The UN condemnation “This is a dangerous abyss and I appeal to everyone to save themselves from the abyss.” The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said this about the situation in Israel and expressed his deep concern for the civilian population . “I strongly condemn this morning’s multi-pronged attack,” he added, which resulted in “terrible scenes of violence and many Israeli deaths and injuries.” These are cruel attacks against civilians that must be stopped immediately.
Iran’s statement suggests the opposite. “We congratulate the Palestinian fighters“said the advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Rahim Safavi, after the Hamas attacks on Israel. “We will stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem,” he said, according to the semi-official Iranian news agency ISNA.
Lebanon is connected to Iran. In Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, a country politically dominated by a ruling coalition that includes the pro-Iranian armed party Hezbollah, a few dozen people took to the streets to celebrate Hamas’ offensive against Israel. A similar show of solidarity was expressed in southern Lebanon by a number of fishing boats that set sail from the port of Sidon, 40 km south of Beirut, waving Palestinian flags in support of the Hamas offensive.
There Russia calls for an immediate ceasefire and peace. “If we had known, we would have avoided it,” he said Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Kremlin envoy for the Middle East and Africa, quoted by the Interfax agency. “We are in contact with everyone. With the Israelis, the Palestinians and the Arabs” and “of course we always ask for moderation,” he emphasized. Russia is in contact with the authorities of Israel, Palestine and Arab countries and calls on the parties to the conflict to cease fire. This was told by the Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and African Countries and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov to TASS. “This is a result of a conflict that has been going on for 75 years. Moscow is in contact with all parties, including Arab countries. We call for an immediate ceasefire and peace,” he said, commenting on the worsening Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
L’Saudi Arabia, a country that is negotiating with Israel to normalize relations between the two countries, today called for an immediate end to the escalation between Israelis and Palestinians. “The Kingdom is closely following the unprecedented developments between a number of Palestinian factions and Israeli occupation forces,” the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on X. “The Kingdom calls for an immediate end to the escalation between the two sides.” “Protect civilians and show restraint,” the statement continued.
From Ukraine a different interpretation of what is happening. “Consequences. Everything Russia does in Ukraine destroys global security, global rules, global agreements. The result is that the world sinks into chaos and terrorist communities begin to behave more and more provocatively and aggressively and even declare war on entire countries.” This is what Ukrainian presidential advisor Mikhail Podoljak writes on X. “There is only one solution for the problem (if we want to return to predictability and stability, of course): a dramatic acceleration of Russia’s defeat. As the main sponsor of global terrorism and the author of the deliberate collapse of international law.”
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