Algeria says to be shocked by Czech PM statement over Gaza

Algeria says to be shocked by the Czech PM statment who had called the Isreali war on Gaza as defensive.

• “Algeria is shocked by the Czech PM statement over Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza”, says a press release pf the Algerian prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia Monday.
•  “Algeria is so sorry for that view which does confuse between the colonized and the colonizer or between the victim and the aggressor, or the executioner and its innocent victims, believing that they will run from the hard judgments by history”, added the press release.
• “Algeria is seizing this opportunity to join its voice to all those voices who protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza and ask for immediate ceasefire, confirming their effective and unconditioned solidarity and with the Palestinians.”The Czech foreign minister said on Sunday a previous comment by a Czech spokesman that Israel’s land assault in the Gaza Strip was “defensive, not offensive” was a misunderstanding.

  The comments by a European Union presidency spokesman on Saturday suggested disunity in the EU and sparked condemnation from the Palestinians. The Czech Republic took over the rotating EU presidency from France on Jan. 1.

  “The statement from him yesterday was a misunderstanding,” Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said in a live television debate.

  He said the only valid EU presidency position was a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry late on Saturday which called for a ceasefire and facilitation of humanitarian aid.

  Schwarzenberg will lead an EU ministerial delegation to the Middle East starting in Egypt on Sunday then visiting Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan.

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