(Newsday) - Speaking Thursday at a memorial at the Isaiah Wall near the UN for people killed in the Middle East, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he intends to spend Tuesday in Israel, walking the neighborhoods and riding the buses to show support for the Israeli people in the wake of last week's bus bombing in Jerusalem. Flanked by members of the Jewish and diplomatic communities, Bloomberg said, "Wherever terror strikes, in the Middle East or in lower Manhattan, it represents an assault on free people everywhere." Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the UN, called for the removal of Syria as chair of the Security Council. Several children helped light candles in memory of the six youngsters who died in the bus bombing.
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