{"id":7025,"date":"2023-10-12T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7025"},"modified":"2023-10-12T17:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:19:03","slug":"il-president-metsola-bsolidarjeta-mal-vittmi-tal-attakki-terroristici-fizrael","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-president-metsola-bsolidarjeta-mal-vittmi-tal-attakki-terroristici-fizrael\/","title":{"rendered":"President Metsola in solidarity with the victims of the terror attacks in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EP-Feature-484--1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7026\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EP-Feature-484--1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EP-Feature-484--300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EP-Feature-484--768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EP-Feature-484--1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EP-Feature-484--2048x1363.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EP-Feature-484--480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech by President Metsola at the solemn moment in solidarity with the victims of the terror attacks in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThank you all for being here today. I know how much this means for people in Israel who have endured the worst terrorist attack in generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am proud to be here today with so many of you. Our presence here &#8211; outside the European Parliament &#8211; is significant. Our gathering held in the Simone Veil Agora is symbolic. Our voice is important. And our strong stand against terrorism is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 7th is a day that will go down in global infamy. The world has witnessed Jews being murdered simply because they were Jewish. Again. In Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are here with the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission, and all of&nbsp;<strong>you<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; as one &#8211; to express our solidarity, to condemn the appalling acts of terror and murder and to demand the immediate release of hostages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe stands ready to help broker resolutions, but I have said it before and it bears repeating &#8211; There is no justification for terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamas is a terrorist organisation. They do not represent the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people. They do not offer solutions. They offer bloodshed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It helps to speak plainly. On October 7th Hamas murdered more than a thousand innocent babies, children, women and men and still hold close to 100 more hostage. They opened fire on hundreds of young people at a music event, killing indiscriminately &#8211; including EU nationals. They abducted young girls and boys. They took elderly Holocaust survivors and dragged them out of their homes. They paraded dead people through the streets like trophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not a time for whataboutism. We have to be clear about what we are talking about: this is terror in its worst form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Regev, thank you for being here today. This is Europe. We stand with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I would now ask all of you to mark a moment of silence to remember the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the solemn moment&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.europarl.europa.eu\/en\/package\/attack-against-israel-response-and-consequences_26904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speech by President Metsola at the solemn moment in solidarity with the victims of the terror attacks in Israel. \u201cThank you all for being here today. 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