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January 28, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50Q4QE20090127

Secretary of State Clinton: "We Support Israel's Right to Self-Defense"

[Reuters] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Israel had a right to defend itself and that Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza on the Jewish state could not go unanswered. "We support Israel's right to self-defense. The (Palestinian) rocket barrages which are getting closer and closer to populated areas (in Israel) cannot go unanswered," Clinton said in her first news conference. "It is regrettable that the Hamas leadership apparently believes that it is in their interest to provoke the right of self-defense instead of building a better future for the people of Gaza," said Clinton.

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