Brussels – The attacks which killed 34 people in Brussels and shut down the Belgian capital on Tuesday brought the same suffering to Europe which the Middle East endures on a daily basis, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said.
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In a news conference in Jordan which Federica Mogherini cut short after tears welled in her eyes, she said Europe and the Middle East should tackle together the radicalization and violence which brought grief to both parts of the world.
“It’s a very sad day for Europe as Europe and its capital are suffering the same pain that this region has known every single day – plagued in Syria, plagued elsewhere,” she said in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Jordan is hosting more than 600,000 U.N.-registered refugees from the five-year-old conflict in Syria, across its northern border, which has killed more than 250,000 people and displaced more than 10 million.
“It is quite clear that the roots of the pain we are suffering around our region are very much the same and that we are united in not only suffering our victims, but also reacting to this acts and preventing radicalization and violence together,” Mogherini said.
One of Tuesday’s explosions struck a train close to European Union institutions in Brussels.
“You will understand today is a difficult day,” Mogherini said at the end of her statement.
As Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Joudeh began to speak, Mogherini appeared to fight back tears before shaking her head. “I’m sorry,” she said, putting her head briefly on his shoulders and walking off the platform with him.
I would be very surprised if there is a Jew anywhere in the world over the age of fifty emo is even remotely surprised by what Muslims are doing all over the world. And they are not keeping out secret either. It’s interesting that this is such big news because if you watch Al Jazeera, there are these attacks such as these daily in Africa and the Middle East.
Boo Hooo. Your government cow tows to terrorists when it comes to Israel. For some reason the blood of Jewish people is worth less then your countrymen’s. The chickens have come home to roost.
interesting she cries when HER city is attacked but when Jews are attacked she says there must be a “proportionate” response that does not “endanger innocent civilians” and “that the peace process must restart” and that “we call on all parties (incl. HAMAS as an equal) to not escalate the situation”.
This was just a wake-up call so that Europe would realize what Israel is going through with these Human Beasts instead of condemning Israel for their “non-proportional use of force” against these terrorists.
The Yad Hashem is always at work. She has been a soneh Yisroel for too long.
now she can eat it , now she knows first hand what isreal lives with on a daily regular day
its time for Europe to do a reverse flow all those migrants to be sent south and each one should take along another few that have settled in Europe let them get killed by their own brothers
Does this mean the labeling of Judea and Samaria goods didn’t work? Hmmm…
How sad…. We love you Muslims so much, we condem Israel every chance we get, so why WHY do you bomb us ? Sob sob sob…
We want to ask BOTH sides to remain calm, we’re sure Obama will come up with a perfect explanation of why they did it, maybe a offensive movie or Trump or might even be Bush’s fault, defenetly no such thing as radical Muslims, neh! Islam is a religion of peace, ask neturei karta.
Couldn’t have happened to nicer people !!
It’s hard for me to work up any sympathy for practically a whole continent that’s been outrageously hostile to Israel for a long time. The Silence from the BDS dreck, George Soros, Move-on, and the rest of the left wing agitators is deafening ! Anybody know of a flotilla heading to Europe that I can join?
Easy with the schadenfreude.