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Sun May 20 05:13:40 SAST 2012

UN condemns attack against Israel

Sapa-AP | 24 February, 2012 06:45
In this television frame grab taken from NDTV, the burning wreckage of an Israeli embassy car is seen following an explosion in New Delhi on February 13, 2012.
Image by: AFP PHOTO/NDTV

The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning the terrorist attack aimed at Israel in India and the attempted terrorist attack in Georgia.

The bombing in New Delhi injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat and her driver while an attempted attack the same day in Georgia was thwarted.

The Security Council said late Thursday that "any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations, whenever and by whomsoever committed." It reaffirmed the need to combat threats to peace caused by terrorist acts.

Israel's U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor, who had urged the council to condemn the terrorist acts, welcomed the statement, saying "after seven years of silence, the Council has finally spoken against the terrorism that the Israeli people face every day."

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