Liebe Leserinnen und Leser,

auch im kleinen nordeuropäischen Land versammelten sich 3000 Menschen, um gegen die israelischen Angriffe gegen Gaza zu demonstrieren.
Wir finden die Zahl großartig!

Wir danken alle Isländer für Ihre Teilnahme.
Island hat nicht nur protestiert, sondern auch gehandelt. Es hat die Vereinten Nationen und das Rote Kreuz in Gaza mit einer großzügigen Spende unterstützt und beabsichtigt, die diplomatischen Beziehungen mit Israel zu beenden, wenn Israel die Bombenangriffe nicht einstellt.

Großartige Aussage… da fragen wir uns, wo Merkel und Hollande stehen….. Aber bleiben wir in Island.

Anbei der Artikel, der hierzu auf icelandreview.com veröffentlicht wurde:

Thousands in Reykjavík
Protest Attacks in Gaza

Photo: Páll Stefánsson.
An estimated 3,000 people
gathered in Ingólfstorg square in downtown Reykjavík yesterday evening to
protest the ongoing Israeli military operations​ in Gaza. 
Around 700 people lay on
the ground at Arnarhóll to represent the people who have so far died in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Fréttablaðið reports.

Mayor of Reykjavík Dagur B. Eggertsson. Photos: Páll Stefánsson. 
In a speech at the protest,
Mayor of Reykjavík Dagur B. Eggertsson said it was important to take a clear
stance on violence against innocent people. Head of the Iceland-Palestine
Association Sveinn Rúnar Hauksson also spoke at the event.
Prime Minister Sigmundur
Davíð Gunnlaugsson sent a letter to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanjahu
yesterday, urging Israel to call off military offensives in Gaza and to allow
for further humanitarian assistance to take place under safer conditions. 
“Israel’s responsibility
with its use of overwhelming military power is particularly alarming and raises
grave concerns about respect for the principle of distinction, proportionality
and precaution in attacks under international humanitarian law,” the letter
reads in part.

Sigmundur also expressed
his condemnation for “indiscriminate rocket attacks from Hamas and other
militant organizations in Gaza against civilian targets in Israel” but said
that the use of force by the Israeli army must come to an end.
Icelandic Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, is also among those to call for an end
to hostilities.
UN humanitarian chief
Valerie Amos has expressed extreme concern at the situation in Gaza, describing
a ceasefire as “vital,” the BBC reports. Forty-four percent of Gaza is a no-go
area for Palestinians, and residents are running out of food, she said. 
As reported, the Icelandic
government has allocated ISK 12 million (USD 104,000, EUR 77,700) to the United
Nations working in Gaza and the Icelandic Red Cross has sent ISK 10 million
(USD 87,000, EUR 64,000) to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

23.07.2014 | Icelandic Red
Cross Sends ISK 10 Million to Gaza

22.07.2014 | Iceland Sends
ISK 12 Million to Gaza

21.07.2014 | MP Calls for
End to Diplomatic Relations with Israel

17.07.2014 | City Council
Member Calls for Boycott of Israeli Products

15.07.2014 | Hundreds
Protest Gaza Conflict in Reykjavík

14.07.2014 | Iceland
Regrets Israel-Palestine Conflict

11.07.2014 | Calls to
Bring Asylum Seeker from Gaza to Iceland