イスラエル自衛、誰も「止められない」　ネタニヤフ氏

【エルサレムＡＦＰ＝時事】イスラエルのベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ首相は５日、反ユダヤ主義の高まりやパレスチナ自治区ガザ侵攻への国際社会からの批判を非難するとともに、いかなる圧力を受けようともイスラエルは自衛をやめることはないと強調した。（写真はイスラエルのベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ首相）
　ネタニヤフ氏は中東エルサレムにあるホロコースト（ユダヤ人大量虐殺）記念館「ヤド・バシェム」で行われたホロコースト記念日の式典で、「孤立化を余儀なくされることになっても、イスラエルはわが道を行く」と述べた。
　会場には、ガザを実効支配するイスラム組織ハマスに拉致された人質を表す黄色のいすが１脚、空席のまま置かれていた。
　ネタニヤフ氏は、第２次世界大戦 中、ナチス・ドイツにより６００万人のユダヤ人が殺害されたが、「助けに来た国はなかった」と主張。「いかなる圧力も、国際会議におけるいかなる決定もイスラエルの自衛を止めることはできないと、各国指導者に伝えたい」と語った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/05/07-17:00）

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced a volcano of anti-Semitism and international criticism of Israel's war in Gaza, insisting that no pressure would stop it from defending itself.
If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone, Netanyahu said.
Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, he lamented that when the Nazis killed six million Jews during World War II, his people were totally defenceless against those who sought our destruction.
No nation came to our aid, he said as the Israeli flag billowed at half mast and survivors of the Holocaust prepared to light torches.
Today, we again confront enemies bent on our destruction, Netanyahu told the large crowd gathered for the ceremony.
One yellow chair sat empty representing the hostages still held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
I say to the leaders of the world, no amount of pressure, no decision by any international forum, will stop Israel from defending itself.
He lamented the surge of criticism seen around the world against Israel over its war in Gaza, ignited after Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack.
And he denounced this terrible volcano of anti-Semitism that he said was surging around the world.
Netanyahu also compared the protests seen at universities across the United States and around the world to the discrimination against Jews at German universities during World War II.
What a distortion of justice and history, he said.
The criticism, he said, was not due to the actions that we do, but because we exist... because we are Jews.
You will not chain our hands... Israel will continue to fight human evil... until victory, he said.
We will defeat our genocidal enemies. Never again is now!
Gaza's bloodiest-ever war began following Hamas's attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Militants also seized some 250 hostages during the attack. Israel estimates 128 are still held captive in Gaza, including 35 the army says are dead.
Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 34,683 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.