Solana (see his reaction to the Tel Aviv bombings above), said, “A massive intervention of that type of a densely population urban area can only lead to the loss of innocent lives.”
The E.U.’s Danish Presidency said it “strongly condemns military or other violent actions directed indiscriminately against a civilian neighborhood, whether Palestinian or Israeli.” (An excellent approach indeed, to avoid direct criticism of the murder of innocent people while celebrating the holiday).
A spokesman for Mr. Annan said at the time that the Secretary-General is "gravely disturbed by the Israeli military attack in the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.” Although two U.N. workers were also murdered in Bureij, Annan’s spokesman remained composed and careful not to evoke Israeli wrath.
“The Secretary-General deplores the loss of innocent civilian life,” while
“wishing to remind the Government of Israel of its obligations as an occupying power to protect the civilian population.”
From the above statements, one can also reach several realizations; one, the U.N., the E.U., U.S. and various other countries don’t perceive the killing of Palestinian civilians as acts of terrorism, but “excessive use of force” (the harshest statement often used to describe Israeli state terror). Second, none of these entities ever demands the apprehension of the perpetrators of these acts of murder, nor is punishment ever sought for the Israeli murderers or their commanders (Palestinians will always recall the U.N.’s failure to even reach the Jenin refugee camp to investigate a massacre against the civilian population.)
The E.U.’s Danish Presidency said it “strongly condemns military or other violent actions directed indiscriminately against a civilian neighborhood, whether Palestinian or Israeli.” (An excellent approach indeed, to avoid direct criticism of the murder of innocent people while celebrating the holiday).
A spokesman for Mr. Annan said at the time that the Secretary-General is "gravely disturbed by the Israeli military attack in the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.” Although two U.N. workers were also murdered in Bureij, Annan’s spokesman remained composed and careful not to evoke Israeli wrath.
“The Secretary-General deplores the loss of innocent civilian life,” while
“wishing to remind the Government of Israel of its obligations as an occupying power to protect the civilian population.”
From the above statements, one can also reach several realizations; one, the U.N., the E.U., U.S. and various other countries don’t perceive the killing of Palestinian civilians as acts of terrorism, but “excessive use of force” (the harshest statement often used to describe Israeli state terror). Second, none of these entities ever demands the apprehension of the perpetrators of these acts of murder, nor is punishment ever sought for the Israeli murderers or their commanders (Palestinians will always recall the U.N.’s failure to even reach the Jenin refugee camp to investigate a massacre against the civilian population.)