NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Israel to show solidarity with the country’s citizens facing Hamas rocket and missile attacks from Hamas, and for the IDF’s military operation in Gaza.
He criticized Hamas terrorists for using Gaza’s civilians as human shields. by locating command centers in densely populated areas and firing missles from such locations.
Bloomberg also experienced a Hamas rocket attack from Gaza first-hand when Sderot’s public address system warned of an incoming attack. “Get inside now! Move!” the mayor was told by Israeli security and his own security detail.
On Saturday, Bloomberg told Ashkelon’s mayor that he and most “Americans…think that Israel is doing the right thing in defending itself. It has a responsibility to defend the citizens.”
al yawm walahi al 3adim 7olom 7a9i9i baynama ana naim fi a sarir ata ilaya charon w howa mayet 9ala li la yomkino an nodamira hamas da5ila aw 5ariga felistine walahi al 3adim w 9ala li ina fat7 satafouzou bi tolot aswat al enti5abat w hamas satafouzo bi tolotayn w konto ana fi al manam irtadayto 7izam nasef w konto motawagihan ila markaz no9tat taftich wa 9ala li a l 3adow al israiliy 9if makanak wa min tama i9tarabto minho w fagarto a l 7izam aladi kanat laho no9tat tafgir mina al warae wa kolo chaye hona ata bil 7olom lianani ana mota3atef ma3a a cha3b al felestiniye wa honaka momatila tosanido al yahoud wa hiya 3amila lahom al momatila nancy agram ra2aytoha fil manam wa hiya tadol lil yahoud 3ala makan wogoud 7izb allah
Comment by mahamed — January 12, 2009 @ 1:46 pm