(Communicated by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson)
21 November 2002
Today (November 21, 2002), Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
visited the wounded from this morning's terrorist attack who are
hospitalized in the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital. Foreign Minister
Netanyahu was accompanied on his visit by a group of foreign
Ambassadors. Among the Ambassadors that accompanied Minister
Netanyahu were the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps - the Ambassador of
Uruguay, the EU Special Envoy, Miguel Moratinos, and the Ambassadors
of Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Austria, Poland and
Australia.
In his remarks to the Ambassadors, Mr. Netanyahu stated that Israel
is facing a barbaric onslaught carried out by terrorist
organizations, and that it has experienced three terrorist attacks
within ten days. The Foreign Minister emphasized that international
terrorism attacks the very core of civilization, and that the
international community must unite to bring about the defeat of
terrorism. Foreign Minister Netanyahu added that talk and
condemnations would not suffice, and that action was necessary.
During the visit, a new immigrant from Russia who was among the
wounded asked Foreign Minister Netanyahu and the Russian Ambassador
to enable her to call her relatives in Russia, in order to reassure
them. The Foreign Ministry Emergency and Crisis Management Center
responded quickly, enabling the girl to call her family in Russia.
During the visit, representatives of Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital
revealed that since the beginning of the violence and terrorism two
years ago, the hospital has treated 2010 casualties of the terrorist
attacks.