Leaders of the entire political spectrum of Uruguay They repudiated the attacks of the organization considered terrorist, Hamas, toward Israel, which resulted in a new escalation of the conflict with Palestine in the Gaza Stripterritory dominated since 2007 by the armed group.
This morning, starting at 6:30 Israeli time, at least 2,200 rockets – according to the army of that country – fell on different cities while a group of attackers entered by land, sea and air with firearms. The attacks left, so far, more than 40 dead and generated the declaration of a state of war by the prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Israel’s counteroffensive.
Faced with these events, different leaders of the Uruguayan political system They used social networks to express their repudiation of violence and solidarity with the victims.
The messages from the ruling party
One of those who spoke about the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip was the nationalist senator Sebastian Da Silva, who wrote that “the Hamas invasion confirms its lack of peaceful vocation. All our solidarity with Israel and the people of it.”
For her part, the potential pre-candidate for the presidency within the National Party, Laura Raffo, expressed his “greatest solidarity with the population of Israel in the face of the attacks suffered and in progress.” “We condemn with absolute firmness the terrorist actions and call for an end to violence. Our commitment is to peace,” he said.
He also expressed who could be his main opponent in the nationalist internal race, the secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, wrote: “We firmly condemn the attack perpetrated by Hamas against the Israeli people. Terrorist actions, wherever they come from, are ALWAYS a reason for condemnation.”
Another possible candidate who referred to the attacks, but from the red ranks, was the president of Antel, Gabriel Gurméndez. “My solidarity with all those who are suffering from the ferocious Hamas rocket attack on Israel, and especially to our compatriots who live there, at this tragic moment,” he wrote.
For his part, the same president Luis Lacalle Pou repudiated the events: “Once again we condemn terrorist actions wherever they are carried out,” he expressed, and called for “immediate cessation of violence against the Israeli people.”
The minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Omar Paganini and the undersecretary of Foreign Relations, Nicolás Albertoni. Likewise, they reposted the president’s tweet, the minister of Work and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieresand the vice president of Ancap, Diego Durand.
The opposition’s messages
From the Broad Front, meanwhile, the mayor of cannelloni and main candidate for the left coalition, Yamandu Orsi, He affirmed “solidarity with the people of Israel,” as well as “condemnation of the terrorist actions of Hamas.”
“This only leads to more violence, death and suffering of Jews and Palestinians, in addition to the rest of the Muslim and Christian population,” emphasized the leader of the Popular Participation Movement (MPP).
Along the same lines, the leader and former vice minister Pablo Ferreri He noted that the attack “deserves our condemnation and solidarity with the people of Israel.” “These attacks exacerbate the difficult situation in the region where extremism violates the necessary path for lasting peace for the two peoples,” he added.
Source: Ambito
