Outpouring of support for Israel

Over the years, whenever Israel has had to fight a defensive war against Hamas in particular, the world has condemned it. This time around, things have changed.

An interesting article published in Israel Today (23 May) stated that the speaker of Knesset, Yariv Levin, had thanked various countries and organisations for their outpouring of support for Israel during the latest round of fighting Hamas.

Levin said that he had received calls and messages of support from Inter-Parliamentary Union President Duarte Pacheco who expressed unwavering support for Israel’s right to self-defence, as did German Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble, and the president of the National Council of Austria, Wolfgang Sobotka. Letters were also received from pro-Israel groups in the parliament of France, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Statements of solidarity and support were issued by the parliamentary national security committees in Lithuania and Latvia, by pro-Israel groups in the United Kingdom, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In Brazil, the son of President Jair Bolsonaro spoke in favour of the Jewish state in a speech before parliament.

I’m sure that there are many more in the world who are pro-Israel. The tide is turning, folks. We aren’t alone.