Sunday, December 13, 2009

UN, EU, US, et al.

More, following up on this post:

And did they condemn the stabbing attack?

UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Robert Serry...said in a statement Saturday. "Desecrating a place of worship is deplorable,"..."This attack is part of a broader and ongoing phenomenon of settler violence against Palestinian civilians, property, and land," Serry said. "Far too little is done by the Israeli authorities to enforce the rule of law on violent extremists, leading to a climate of impunity." "We hope and expect that the authorities will seek out those responsible for this latest incident along
with other such acts of violence and bring them to justice," Serry concluded.

Also on Saturday, the US Consulate in East Jerusalem issued a statement that it "condemns the attack on the mosque in Yasuf in the strongest terms and calls for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

"The presidency of the European Union is dismayed at the vandalization, Swedish Consul General to Jerusalem Nils Eliasson said. Eliasson said the EU leadership "expects the Israeli authorities to bring those responsible to justice as a matter of urgency."...

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