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Open Letter to Lady Ashton regarding Hezbollah
EJP | 6 FÉVRIER 2013

«The time has come for the European Union to respond appropriately to Hezbollah's terrorist activities. What is at stake is nothing less than to allow or not a terrorist attack on EU territory to go unpunished.»

Dear Lady Ashton,

On 5 February 2013, Bulgarian authorities released the findings of their official enquiry regarding the deadly bomb attack at Burgas airport on 18 July 2012, in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed.

Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov blamed the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah for the terrorist attack. He declared: «We have established that the two were members of the militant wing of Hezbollah.» He added: «There is data showing the financing and connection between Hezbollah and the two suspects.»

As you know, Hezbollah has a long record of terrorist activities against, amongst others, European and Jewish targets around the world. We would remind you of the bombing in 1993 of buildings housing French and US military forces-members of the Multinational Force in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 299 French and American servicemen, as well as the bombing in 1994 of the AMIA Jewish Center building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds more.

On behalf of the European Jewish Parliament (EJP), we urge the European Union to condemn immediately and unreservedly Hezbollah and add it to the EU list of designated terrorist organizations. The time has come for the European Union to respond appropriately to Hezbollah's terrorist activities. What is at stake is nothing less than to allow or not a terrorist attack on EU territory to go unpunished.

Sincerely yours,

Vadim Rabinovich, Co-Chairman of the European Jewish Parliament
Joel Rubinfeld, Co-Chairman of the European Jewish Parliament

DANS LA PRESSE
European Parliament chief backs Burgas findings
JTA | 6 FÉVRIER 2013

European Parliament President Martin Schulz said the parties blamed by Bulgaria for a deadly bus bombing in Burgas last year should be «brought to justice.»

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said Tuesday that his country's investigation into the July 18 terrorist attack found that it was perpetrated by two operatives of Hezbollah's military wing and Hezbollah financed the operation. Six people were killed, including five Israeli tourists.

Schultz went further than previous statements by European Union officials when he wrote Wednesday on Twitter, «Thank Bulgarians for professional investigation into Burgas terrorist attack. Perpetrators as indicated must be brought to justice.»

Schulz’s words appear to go further than those by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday.

«The terrorists who planned and carried out the Burgas attack must be brought to justice,» she wrote, stopping short of committing her office to the findings of the Bulgarian authorities. She said the findings «underlines the need for a reflection» and commended the Bulgarian authorities.

Reacting to her noncommittal statement, the two heads of the Brussels-based European Jewish Parliament, Joel Rubinfeld and Vadim Rabinovich, wrote Ashton a letter saying, «What is at stake is nothing less than to allow or not a terrorist attack on EU territory to go unpunished.»

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DANS LA PRESSE
European Jewish Parliament to Catherine Ashton: ‘Time has come for the EU to add Hezbollah to the EU list of terror organisations’
EJPRESS | 6 FÉVRIER 2013

The European Jewish Parliament (EJP) on Wednesday urged the European Union to condemn "immediately and unreservedly" the Lebanese Hezbollah group and add it to the EU list of designated terrorist organizations.

In an Open Letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Vadim Rabinovich and Joël Rubinfeld, Co-Chairmen of the European Jewish Parliament said «the time has come for the European Union to respond appropriately to Hezbollah’s terrorist activities. What is at stake is nothing less than to allow or not a terrorist attack on EU territory to go unpunished.»

The call came after Bulgarian authorities released the findings of their official enquiry regarding the bomb attack on a bus in Burgas on 18 July 2012, in which five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian driver were killed.

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