Monday's Knesset session will open with a minute of silence in memory of the nearly 200 dead in yesterday's terror attacks in Spain. Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin thus responded to a request by MK Gideon Saar, who serves as Chairman of the Israel-Spain Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Union.
A group associated with Al-Qaeda has professed responsibility for the train bombings in Madrid, and the claim is being investigated. Fears of another attack on the United States have thus been fueled. Some 1,400 people are reported to have been wounded in the attacks, and citizens of 11 countries were killed.
Israel has sent all-too experienced forensic pathology experts to Spain to help in identification of the dead. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom strongly condemned yesterday's terrorist attacks in Madrid. At a press conference in Cairo following a meeting with Egypt's Foreign Minister yesterday, Shalom expressed his condolences and Israel's solidarity with the government and people of Spain. He emphasized that terrorism is an enemy to the entire community of nations, and that Israel stands with Spain and the international community in the war against it.
A group associated with Al-Qaeda has professed responsibility for the train bombings in Madrid, and the claim is being investigated. Fears of another attack on the United States have thus been fueled. Some 1,400 people are reported to have been wounded in the attacks, and citizens of 11 countries were killed.
Israel has sent all-too experienced forensic pathology experts to Spain to help in identification of the dead. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom strongly condemned yesterday's terrorist attacks in Madrid. At a press conference in Cairo following a meeting with Egypt's Foreign Minister yesterday, Shalom expressed his condolences and Israel's solidarity with the government and people of Spain. He emphasized that terrorism is an enemy to the entire community of nations, and that Israel stands with Spain and the international community in the war against it.