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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
MKs urge mass condemnation of Syria chemical attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA pair of opposition MKs are urging parliaments around the world to hold “emergency” discussions on the suspected chemical attack in Syria yesterday that killed at least 72 people.
Zionist Union MKs Erel Margalit and Nachman Shai send their request to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an organization of national parliaments around the world.
They urge fellow parliamentarians to condemn the alleged attack, which they say is “taking humanity 70 years backwards.”
“The day when mass extermination measures are taken against people is the day when we as members of parliaments should stand fierce in the fire front and stop the horror,” they write.
Israel has largely stayed out of the fighting in neighboring Syria, though it has carried out airstrikes on suspected arms shipments to Syrian ally Hezbollah.
— AP contributed
The Times of Israel Community.