Foreign minister echoes PM’s stance on Israel, right to self defence

The Czech foreign minister, Karel Schwarzenberg said on Monday at a meeting of EU foreign ministers, that Israel, had the right to self defence. Violence has continued to escalate between the Palestinian territory of Gaza and Israel after an Israeli airstrike killed the military leader of the Palestinian group Hamas. Mr Schwarzenberg expressed the hope that both sides in the conflict would agree to a ceasefire but said that if rockets from Gaza against Israel continued that the country had the right to send in ground troops. More than 80 people have died on the Palestinian side over the last six days; three Israelis have been killed.

Author: Jan Velinger