Director General of the Foreign Ministry, Yuval Rotem:
We commend President Macron for his firm stand against Antisemitism.
The murder of Mireille Knoll is a result of that old hate.
Too often in the past world leaders have ignored the threat antisemitism poses to democracy. It must be confronted to ensure a future without fear for all.
https://t.co/sFOWrEp8Gc
We commend President Macron for his firm stand against Antisemitism.
The murder of Mireille Knoll is a result of that old hate.
Too often in the past world leaders have ignored the threat antisemitism poses to democracy. It must be confronted to ensure a future without fear for all.
https://t.co/sFOWrEp8Gc
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Emmanuel Macron
J’exprime mon émotion devant le crime épouvantable commis contre Mme Knoll. Je réaffirme ma détermination absolue à lutter contre l’antisémitisme. https://t.co/FcSb1gqkQo
The march on Israel's southern border, organized by Hamas in Gaza, is a deliberate attempt to provoke a violent confrontation with Israel.
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A march on Israel's southern border is being orchestrated in Gaza by Hamas, in a deliberate attempt to provoke a violent confrontation with Israel.
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The violent march on Israel's southern border is another deliberate provocation by Hamas, which intentionally endangers Gaza civilians. including women and children, while trying to put the blame on Israel.
It's simply a part of Hamas strategy 👇
It's simply a part of Hamas strategy 👇
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While Hamas presents its campaign on Israel's border to the world as a peaceful enterprise, it is using the masses of Gaza to ignite a violent confrontation with Israel.
MFA statement regarding events in Gaza:
The border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip separates a sovereign state and a terrorist organization.
It separates a state that protects its citizens from murderers who send their countrymen into danger. The fence separates an army that uses force in self-defense and in a focused and proportionate manner, and Hamas, an organization that sanctifies murder and death, that for years – yesterday included - has been intent on harming millions of Israelis.
Anyone who mistakenly views in this murderous spectacle even an iota of freedom of expression is blind to the threats the State of Israel faces.
🔗 http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2018/Pages/MFA-statement-regarding-events-in-Gaza-31-March-2018.aspx
The border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip separates a sovereign state and a terrorist organization.
It separates a state that protects its citizens from murderers who send their countrymen into danger. The fence separates an army that uses force in self-defense and in a focused and proportionate manner, and Hamas, an organization that sanctifies murder and death, that for years – yesterday included - has been intent on harming millions of Israelis.
Anyone who mistakenly views in this murderous spectacle even an iota of freedom of expression is blind to the threats the State of Israel faces.
🔗 http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2018/Pages/MFA-statement-regarding-events-in-Gaza-31-March-2018.aspx
Israel Reaches Unprecedented Common Understanding with UNHCR
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Israel has reached an unprecedented common understanding with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the departure of immigrants from Israel.
The State of Israel and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have reached an unprecedented common understanding on the issue of migrants. UNHCR will work to facilitate the departure of these populations to Western countries, and the State of Israel will regulate the status of some of the populations that will remain.
As part of the common understanding, UNHCR will work, through arrangements with various Western countries, for the departure of at least 16,250 migrants, while Israel will regulate the status of protected populations, most of which would have remained in Israel anyway.
This common understanding will enable a greater number of migrants from Israel to depart than in the previous framework, all under the auspices of the UN and the international community.
The framework is divided into 3 stages and is spread over 5 years, at the end of which the reality of life in south Tel Aviv and the neighborhoods will significantly improve.
The common understanding was approved by the Attorney General and is consistent with international law and best practices.
In addition, a special administration will be established to deal with the rehabilitation plan for southern Tel Aviv. The administration will be headed by Avigdor Yitzhaki and will include representatives of the Tel Aviv municipality and neighborhood representatives. The budget and resources intended for the implementation and enforcement of the previous framework will be invested in the development and rehabilitation of southern Tel Aviv.
In addition, as part of the understanding, it was agreed to concentrate efforts to encourage a more balanced geographical distribution of the populations that will remain in Israel, with occupational guidance, vocational training, job matching, etc.
In light of the fact that the State of Israel and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees are joining forces to implement this framework, there is no longer a need to continue the policy of forced departure to third countries during the implementation of the new framework.
The Prime Minister and the Minister of Interior worked to maintain the previous framework, but due to legal constraints and political difficulties on the part of the third countries, it was necessary to arrive at new and improved understandings that would ensure the continued departure of thousands of migrants from Israel for a comprehensive resolution.
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2018/Pages/Israel-reaches-common-understanding-with-UNHCR-2-April-2018.aspx
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Israel has reached an unprecedented common understanding with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the departure of immigrants from Israel.
The State of Israel and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have reached an unprecedented common understanding on the issue of migrants. UNHCR will work to facilitate the departure of these populations to Western countries, and the State of Israel will regulate the status of some of the populations that will remain.
As part of the common understanding, UNHCR will work, through arrangements with various Western countries, for the departure of at least 16,250 migrants, while Israel will regulate the status of protected populations, most of which would have remained in Israel anyway.
This common understanding will enable a greater number of migrants from Israel to depart than in the previous framework, all under the auspices of the UN and the international community.
The framework is divided into 3 stages and is spread over 5 years, at the end of which the reality of life in south Tel Aviv and the neighborhoods will significantly improve.
The common understanding was approved by the Attorney General and is consistent with international law and best practices.
In addition, a special administration will be established to deal with the rehabilitation plan for southern Tel Aviv. The administration will be headed by Avigdor Yitzhaki and will include representatives of the Tel Aviv municipality and neighborhood representatives. The budget and resources intended for the implementation and enforcement of the previous framework will be invested in the development and rehabilitation of southern Tel Aviv.
In addition, as part of the understanding, it was agreed to concentrate efforts to encourage a more balanced geographical distribution of the populations that will remain in Israel, with occupational guidance, vocational training, job matching, etc.
In light of the fact that the State of Israel and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees are joining forces to implement this framework, there is no longer a need to continue the policy of forced departure to third countries during the implementation of the new framework.
The Prime Minister and the Minister of Interior worked to maintain the previous framework, but due to legal constraints and political difficulties on the part of the third countries, it was necessary to arrive at new and improved understandings that would ensure the continued departure of thousands of migrants from Israel for a comprehensive resolution.
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2018/Pages/Israel-reaches-common-understanding-with-UNHCR-2-April-2018.aspx
Terrorists like Hamas don't ever advocate peace. Beware of anyone who claims otherwise.
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#Terrorists like #Hamas don't ever advocate peace. Beware of anyone who claims otherwise. https://t.co/A7A5r17IfJ
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Hamas in Gaza is preparing for violent riots and armed combat on the Israeli border this coming Friday.
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"It is the peak of hypocrisy for the international community to criticize Israel while ignoring the real factors causing pain and suffering to the innocent people of Gaza."
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Nytimes
Opinion | Crisis in Gaza: The Israeli Point of View
Israel’s United Nations ambassador takes issue with an editorial.
⬆️ Dear foreign journalist, editor, commentator, diplomat, blogger,
If you are planning on covering and/or addressing events at the Gaza-Israel fence on Friday April 6, we urge you to take the time to read the following. These few points are pivotal elements of the story. It is not possible to understand the events without this context.
Hamas is a terror organization whose objective is the eradication of the state of Israel. This context is crucial to understanding the nature and purpose of the current events.
It is Hamas, not Israel, that is initiating the current clashes; it is Hamas, not Israel, which is seeking to enter the other's territory; it is Hamas, not Israel, who holds the key to the end of the confrontation and violence.
Hamas is orchestrating this entire event – the rallies and riots, the attempts to infiltrate and overrun Israel with masses of people, the Molotov cocktails, the IEDs, the tire burning, the very presence of civilians, the exaggerations of the number of casualties, and so on.
Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron fist since 2007 after violently overthrowing the Palestinian Authority. Hamas uses its rule to terrorize both Israel and the Palestinians of Gaza as well.
The current riots are neither spontaneous nor "popular" in any accepted sense of the word. They are an orchestrated campaign of violent confrontation with Israel.
Hamas leaders and operatives are leading these riots. The bulk of those killed in the first round of riots on Friday March 30th were Hamas terrorists, not innocent civilians.
These so-called "peaceful demonstrations" are being deliberately staged at the seam line between Gaza and Israel in order to provoke clashes with Israel.
If the same demonstrations were to be held inside Hamas-controlled Gaza instead of at the fence – there would be no clash with Israeli forces. Israel has no presence inside Gaza. Gaza is controlled by Hamas, not anyone else.
If these so-called demonstrations were truly akin to popular
uprisings against oppressive rulers, they would be directed AGAINST Hamas not BY Hamas.
Simplistic parallels between the current deliberate riots with legitimate demonstrations elsewhere serve a disservice to the people of Gaza and only further entrench Hamas' illegitimate rule.
Hamas is orchestrating this confrontation with Israel to advance its agenda of eradicating Israel and to divert Palestinian public attention from its own failings in ruling Gaza.
Hamas is using these riots as cover for deliberate, targeted efforts to damage and cause a mass breach of Israel's sovereign territory.
These efforts are an act of war by a hostile terrorist organization from which Israel has every right to protect itself and its civilians – some of whom live only 100 metres from the fence. In so doing Israel will continue to act in accordance with international law.
Concern for the well-being of Gaza's civilian population should be addressed to those who are responsible for that population – the leaders of Hamas, not Israel.
Similarly – concern for the environmental damage caused by the deliberate burning of thousands of rubber tires should be directed at those responsible: Hamas
Instead of spending aid money on projects enhancing the well-being of Gaza's population Hamas continues to spend millions on its project of killing Israelis.
Pointing accusatory fingers at Israel while absolving Hamas of its total responsibility for these events only serves to encourage more violence, not less.
If the international community genuinely seeks to end the violence and confrontation on the seamline between Gaza and Israel, it must:
act to end Hamas' provocations and deliberate attempts to damage and breach the fence separating Israel from terrorist-ruled Gaza, to fire on IDF soldiers and to violate Israel's sovereignty and harm its citizens through terror tunnels, rockets, and other terrorist attacks.
It is Hamas alone which has launched this violent campaign; It is Hamas alone which can stop it.
If you are planning on covering and/or addressing events at the Gaza-Israel fence on Friday April 6, we urge you to take the time to read the following. These few points are pivotal elements of the story. It is not possible to understand the events without this context.
Hamas is a terror organization whose objective is the eradication of the state of Israel. This context is crucial to understanding the nature and purpose of the current events.
It is Hamas, not Israel, that is initiating the current clashes; it is Hamas, not Israel, which is seeking to enter the other's territory; it is Hamas, not Israel, who holds the key to the end of the confrontation and violence.
Hamas is orchestrating this entire event – the rallies and riots, the attempts to infiltrate and overrun Israel with masses of people, the Molotov cocktails, the IEDs, the tire burning, the very presence of civilians, the exaggerations of the number of casualties, and so on.
Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron fist since 2007 after violently overthrowing the Palestinian Authority. Hamas uses its rule to terrorize both Israel and the Palestinians of Gaza as well.
The current riots are neither spontaneous nor "popular" in any accepted sense of the word. They are an orchestrated campaign of violent confrontation with Israel.
Hamas leaders and operatives are leading these riots. The bulk of those killed in the first round of riots on Friday March 30th were Hamas terrorists, not innocent civilians.
These so-called "peaceful demonstrations" are being deliberately staged at the seam line between Gaza and Israel in order to provoke clashes with Israel.
If the same demonstrations were to be held inside Hamas-controlled Gaza instead of at the fence – there would be no clash with Israeli forces. Israel has no presence inside Gaza. Gaza is controlled by Hamas, not anyone else.
If these so-called demonstrations were truly akin to popular
uprisings against oppressive rulers, they would be directed AGAINST Hamas not BY Hamas.
Simplistic parallels between the current deliberate riots with legitimate demonstrations elsewhere serve a disservice to the people of Gaza and only further entrench Hamas' illegitimate rule.
Hamas is orchestrating this confrontation with Israel to advance its agenda of eradicating Israel and to divert Palestinian public attention from its own failings in ruling Gaza.
Hamas is using these riots as cover for deliberate, targeted efforts to damage and cause a mass breach of Israel's sovereign territory.
These efforts are an act of war by a hostile terrorist organization from which Israel has every right to protect itself and its civilians – some of whom live only 100 metres from the fence. In so doing Israel will continue to act in accordance with international law.
Concern for the well-being of Gaza's civilian population should be addressed to those who are responsible for that population – the leaders of Hamas, not Israel.
Similarly – concern for the environmental damage caused by the deliberate burning of thousands of rubber tires should be directed at those responsible: Hamas
Instead of spending aid money on projects enhancing the well-being of Gaza's population Hamas continues to spend millions on its project of killing Israelis.
Pointing accusatory fingers at Israel while absolving Hamas of its total responsibility for these events only serves to encourage more violence, not less.
If the international community genuinely seeks to end the violence and confrontation on the seamline between Gaza and Israel, it must:
act to end Hamas' provocations and deliberate attempts to damage and breach the fence separating Israel from terrorist-ruled Gaza, to fire on IDF soldiers and to violate Israel's sovereignty and harm its citizens through terror tunnels, rockets, and other terrorist attacks.
It is Hamas alone which has launched this violent campaign; It is Hamas alone which can stop it.
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Since taking over Gaza by force in 2007, Hamas has done nothing to help the people of Gaza, and chose to devote its resources to encouraging violence & terrorism, all aimed at destroying Israel.
MFA Spokesperson:
Israel strongly condemns the chemical weapons strike carried out by Syria on April 7, one year after the mass murder carried out by the regime in Khan Shaykhun (April 4, 2017).
The Syrian regime continues to perpetrate crimes against humanity in using these outlawed weapons.
The latest attack joins a long series of similar attacks using chemical weapons perpetrated by the regime since Assad undertook to disarm from such weapons. The attack shows clearly that Syria continues to possess lethal chemical weapons capabilities and even to manufacture new ones.
In so doing Syria is grossly violating its obligations and the decisions of the international community in this matter.
Israel strongly condemns the chemical weapons strike carried out by Syria on April 7, one year after the mass murder carried out by the regime in Khan Shaykhun (April 4, 2017).
The Syrian regime continues to perpetrate crimes against humanity in using these outlawed weapons.
The latest attack joins a long series of similar attacks using chemical weapons perpetrated by the regime since Assad undertook to disarm from such weapons. The attack shows clearly that Syria continues to possess lethal chemical weapons capabilities and even to manufacture new ones.
In so doing Syria is grossly violating its obligations and the decisions of the international community in this matter.