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Ban Ki-Moon greeted with shoes and stones

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visited Gaza on Thursday. Before he even called for 'Palestinians' to stop shooting rockets at Israel, he was greeted by the families of 'Palestinian' terrorists held in Israel with shoes and stones.

Let's go to the videotape (sorry - I could not find this in English - it's Italian). More below from the link above.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on Palestinians to stop launching rockets into Israel. "Indiscriminate killing of civilians is unacceptable under any circumstances," he said at a press conference in Gaza. Palestinian terrorists fired eight rockets into southern Israel on the eve of Ban's visit.

"Likewise, Israelis should fully guarantee the freedom, human rights and decent life and dignity of the Palestinian people," he added. He went on to say that he had sympathy for the complaints of people in Gaza: "I fully share their concern and frustration," he said. "This is why I am here for the third time. This is a very dire economic, social, humanitarian problem."

"I thank the people of Gaza for the warm welcome," he told the news conference, provoking laughter among local journalists. "I met many people who were waiting for me at the entrance." Upon arrival in Gaza, Ban's convoy was met by dozens of Palestinians throwing shoes, sticks and stones at it, protesting against what they saw as a slight against Palestinians jailed in Israel.

No one was injured during the hostile welcome and the vehicles, which entered the Hamas-ruled territory from southern Israel through the Erez crossing, pushed through the crowd and sped away.

During the press conference, Ban again called on Israel to lift all restrictions on the Gaza Strip and urged Israel and the Palestinians to keep the peace process alive.

"The leaders of the two parties are committed to continue these negotiations. There are still concerns and lack of mutual trust, but I am hopeful that this dialogue will continue in a sustainable way," he said.

What is he smoking?

Labels: Ban Ki-Moon, Gaza, Palestinian terrorists

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:02 PM