Czech Republic President Milos Zeman conveyed a “message of solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people” at a special session of the Knesset (parliament) held in his honour.
Bus blast miracle
When a bus was blown up by a rocket from Gaza just minutes after 50 Israeli soldiers got off it, the Israeli Arab driver, a Muslim, exclaimed: “It’s a miracle; they would all have died. God loves the Jews!”
Tunnel tension
Although the IDF found several illegal attack tunnels dug by Hezbollah on Israel’s increasingly tense northern border, a special meeting of the UN Security Council in December failed to agree action or condemn Hezbollah.
Mosque cancels Holocaust exhibit
Golders Green mosque has cancelled an exhibit on the rescue of Jews by Albanian Muslims during the Holocaust, due to a targeted Muslim campaign complaining of the exhibit’s ties to Israel.