‘Israel’ lost my sympathy – EU state’s president
Croatia’s Zoran Milanovic says the bombing of civilians in Gaza has gone beyond self-defense
Croatian president Zoran Milanovic © Stipe Majic / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Having the Croatian Foreign Ministry fly an Israeli flag was “idiotic” and inappropriate, President Zoran Milanovic said on Friday, adding that the atrocities by Hamas do not give Israel the right to bomb civilians for revenge.
“I think it was an idiotic move, for all my sympathies for Israel – which they unfortunately wasted after 15 minutes – after the horrors and massacres by Hamas,” Milanovic told reporters who asked him about the flag incident.
“I condemned the killings [by Hamas], and expressed my horror and revulsion, but the right to self-defense does not include vengeance and...