US urges Israel to avoid civilians' deaths


Washington, July 18 (IANS): The US Thursday urged Israel to do more to protect civilians in its conflict with Hamas militants.

"What we're asking for is a redoubling of efforts moving forward to prevent civilian casualties, given the events of the last couple of days," Xinhua quoted State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki as saying in a press briefing.

Psaki said that US Secretary of State John Kerry has raised concerns directly with Israel, adding that "we believe that certainly there is more that can be done".

"The tragic event makes clear that Israel must take every possible step to meet its standards for protecting civilians from being killed," Psaki said of the deaths of four Palestinian children on a beach in Gaza.
  

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  • ariely shein, jerusalem Israel

    Fri, Jul 18 2014

    Bill Clinton was USA president while NATO bombings killed 528 civilians in Serbia.
    Unlike the Arab terrorists against the defending Israel- Serbia didn’t fire rockets on NATO states, their solders didn’t used human shields and their ideology was not destroy NATO countries.

    NATO explanations to 528 civilians died as a result of NATO Serbia bombing.
    "There is always a cost to defeat an evil" It never comes free, unfortunately. But the cost of failure to defeat a great evil is far higher"
    Reference: Google search:
    wikipedia Civilian_casualties_during_Operation_Allied_Force
    __-
    If Serbia was an
    ""evil to be stopped now""
    than the Arab terrorists should be an
    "" evil to be stopped yesterday""

    - and the defending Israel should be supported.

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