Campaign
Statement
Transatlantlantic Friends of Israel - 13 May 2021
We affirm our unwavering and steadfast support for the State of Israel in her hour of need. As members and supporters of the Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI), we express our firm belief that the Jewish state - our key democratic ally - has, like all sovereign states, not only the right but the duty to defend its citizens against terror and rockets.
We mourn all victims, both Israelis and Palestinians. But now as ever is the time for moral clarity. We must clearly condemn Hamas and Islamic Jihad – Iran-funded terrorist organizations dedicated to the destruction of Israel – for the deaths and devastation in Israel and in Gaza.
It’s not only that these terrorists started this latest round of confrontation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad commit the double war crime of murdering Israeli civilians while using their own population as human shields. In stark contrast, the Israeli army, in its efforts to protect its own population, is doing its utmost to avoid harming Palestinian civilians, even warning them on cell phones ahead of attacks.
If we fail to hold Hamas and Islamic Jihad responsible for all casualties, it will only incentivize them to strike time and again, bringing ever more suffering to the Jewish state and the people of Gaza.
SIGNATORIES
- MEP Lukas Mandl, Austria. Chair, Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI)
- MEP Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Greece, Vice Chair, Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI)
- MEP Petras Auštrevičius, Lithuania, Vice Chair, Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI)
- MEP Carmen Avram, Romania, Vice Chair, Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI)
- MEP Dietmar Köster, Germany, Vice Chair, Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI)
- MEP Alexandr Vondra, Czech Republic, Vice Chair, Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI)
- MP Lars Adaktusson, Sweden
- MP Gergely Arató, Hungary
- MEP José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Spain
- MP Petra Bayr, Austria
- MP Alex Bazzaro, Italy
- MP Dagmāra Beitnere-Le Galla, Deputy Speaker, Latvia
- MP Judith Bellaïche, Switzerland
- MP James Bezan, Canada
- Lord David Blencathra, United Kingdom
- Senator Paola Binetti, Italy
- MEP Ilana Cicurel, France
- MP Boriss Cilevičs, Latvia
- Senator Diederik van Dijk, The Netherlands
- Baroness Margaret Eaton, United Kingdom
- MP Gatis Eglītis, Latvia
- MP Martin Engelberg, Austria
- MP Derk Jan Eppink, The Netherlands
- MP Daniel Florea, Romania
- MP Sara Foscolo, Italy
- MP Michael Freilich, Belgium
- Senator Linda Frum, Canada
- MEP Kinga Gál, Hungary
- MEP Bart Groothuis, The Netherlands
- MP Alfreed Heer, Switzerland
- MEP Niclas Herbst, Germany
- MP Eduardo Carazo Hermoso, Spain
- MEP Michiel Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
- Senator Michał Kamiński, Deputy Speaker, Poland
- MP Pascal Kober, Germany
- MEP Andrey Kovatchev, Bulgaria
- MP Damien Kurek, Canada
- MEP David Lega, Sweden
- MP Constance Le Grip, France
- MEP Miriam Lexmann, Slovakia
- MP Raimundas Lopata, Lithuania
- Senator Lucio Malan, Italy
- MEP Fulvio Martusciello, Italy
- MP Attila Mesterházy, Hungary
- MP Adrien Morenas, France
- MP Frank Müller-Rosentritt, Germany
- MP Pedro Navarro López, Spain
- MEP Ljudmila Novak, Slovenia
- MP Marijana Petir, Croatia
- MEP Pina Picierno, Italy
- Lord Eric Pickles, United Kingdom
- Lord Stuart Polak, United Kingdom
- MEP Rob Rooken, The Netherlands
- MEP Rob Roos, The Netherlands
- MP Gianfranco Rotondi, Italy
- MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen, The Netherlands
- Senator Antonio Saccone, Italy
- Representative Brad Schneider, United States
- MEP Sara Skyttedal, Sweden
- MP Benjamin Strasser, Germany
- MP Michał Szczerba, Poland
- MP Sándor Székely, Hungary
- MP Antonel Tănase, Romania
- MP Dragoş-Cătălin Teniță, Romania
- MEP Tomas Tobé, Sweden
- MP Silviu Vexler, Romania
- MEP Lorant Vincze, Romania
- MEP Veronika Vrecionová, Czech Republic
- MP Christoph de Vries, Germany
- MP Christian Wakeford, United Kingdom
- Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, United States
- MEP Tomáš Zdechovský, Czech Republic
- MP Emanuelis Zingeris, Lithuania
- MEP Juan Ignacio Zoido Alvarez, Spain