Senior officials in Prague have strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel that began on Saturday. President Petr Pavel called it a reprehensible terrorist act, while Prime Minister Petr Fiala said Czechia had always stood and will stand fully with Israel. For more on the Czech response, I spoke to Deputy Foreign Minister Jiří Kozák.
“The Czech government and all the Czech people have made it clear that this is an unacceptable terrorist attack against the State of Israel and the people of Israel, and we are all observing what’s going on.
“The pictures are just unbelievable. This is not a political act, this is a terrorist act.”
Members of the Israeli government were due to take part in a joint governmental meeting in Prague on Monday and obviously that was cancelled. But is there anything that Czechia is doing, or can do, to help Israel at this time?
“Our minister, Minister Lipavský, has been in contact with his Israeli counterpart and they are talking about what we can do.
“Now it is very important for the friends of Israel to make it clear that we understand the situation and that we support Israel in defending its own people and its own territory against this barbaric attack.”
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Author: Ian Willoughby