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November 9, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/

UN to Hold Special Session on Gaza Deaths

[Jerusalem Post] Tovah Lazaroff - The UN Security Council planned to hold a special public session on the Beit Hanoun incident on Thursday. However, Israel's UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman said he believed the condemnations would be short-lived: "This is not a watershed moment. People realize that Israel is at the forefront of the war against terror that is being fought all over the world." The international community, he said, was wise enough to understand that "this is an isolated, horrible mistake." "These condemnations are part of a great misunderstanding around the world about what is happening," he said. When Israel left Gaza 15 months ago with no intention of returning, the Palestinians could have chosen to stop terrorizing Israel and to focus on managing their own affairs. Instead they continued to fire rockets into southern Israel, launching 300 rockets in the last month.

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