Czech Foreign Minister defends Israeli strikes

The Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg, who takes over the European Union's presidency on Jan. 1, defended Israel's right to strike Hamas. "Let us realize one thing:" he said."Hamas increased steeply the number of rockets fired at Israel since the cease-fire ended on December 19. That is not acceptable any more," Schwarzenberg told daily Mlada Fronta Dnes in an interview Tuesday, Dec. 30. Israel has the right to defend itself, he said after France, which hands over the presidency, condemned Israel's operation against Hamas and called on both to stop fighting immediately.The Czech foreign minister indirectly blamed the Palestinian group for the growing civilian death toll, saying it put its bases and gun warehouses in densely populated areas. Schwarzenberg attends an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers on the Gaza crisis in Paris Tuesday night.
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