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The World Condemns Attack on Mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai

November 24, 2017
Photo credit: Reuters

After the deadly terrorist attack in Egypt’s North Sinai on Friday, countries around the world are sending their condolences to Egypt and condemning the act. Israel’s Minister of Education Naftali Bennet said that this is “a time for international unity in the war on terror wherever it presents itself: Russia, Europe, the US, Israel and the Arab World — we have all been hurt by terror and must unite in our battle against it.” The French ambassador in Cairo Stéphane Romatet condemned the attack through his Twitter account, calling it “barbaric and ignominious.” “Horrible and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent and defenseless worshipers in Egypt. The world cannot tolerate terrorism, we must defeat them militarily and discredit the extremist ideology that forms the basis of their existence!,”US president Donald Trump said through his Twitter account. The US Embassy in Cairo issued a statement in which it similarly expressed its condemnation for the attack, describing it “as unconscionable act of cowardice and hate,” while extending “heartfelt condolences to the families of those who were killed and we wish a speedy recovery to those injured”. “Deeply saddened by the abhorrent attack on…


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