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U.S.: "We Fully Understand Israel's Right to Defend Itself


(State Department) State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack said Monday: "Our views about Hamas as a terrorist organization are well known and unchanged. And I would note that before making this statement [about halting all attacks against Israelis] they launched a rocket attack, in which several missiles landed in Israel and injured a number of people." "We encourage them [the PA] to take steps to again stop terror attacks, to prevent them from happening and we urge them also to act to dismantle terrorist organizations." "We understand the situation in which Israel finds itself and we fully understand Israel's right to defend itself."
2005-09-27 00:00:00
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