ALGEMEINER
by Shiryn Ghermezian
March 2, 2015

Czech Republic President Milos Zeman on Monday urged the global community to show solidarity with the Jewish people and Israel. His remarks were made in a speech at the 2015 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference. “Now we all must say, ‘I am a Jew,’” he told a packed auditorium in Washington, DC. After extended applause from the audience, he repeated the sentiment in Hebrew, saying, “Ani Yehudi. Of course, your discrimination is our discrimination,” he added. “Your victims are our victims.” Zeman told the gathered AIPAC delegates that expressing solidarity with Israel is the first step in fighting Islamist terrorism. He also advocated for “coordinated and systematic action, under the umbrella of [the UN] Security Council, against the basis of Islamic terrorism.” He denounced the efforts to fight terrorist groups that involve the “massive occupation of territory.” READ MORE