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The Embassy of the State of Israel, having learned about the "outrageous and untrue" statements of Social Democrat deputy Nicolae Bacalbasa, is asking him to withdraw them.
The document further states that the PSD deputy's claims are an insult to the peaceful Romanian protesters who were present in Bucharest's Victoriei Square, linking them to Hamas terrorists.
We therefore publicly ask Mr Bacalbasa to withdraw his statements and make sure that such inappropriate associations are no longer incorporated in his future rhetoric, the Israeli Embassy said.
PSD deputy Nicolae Bacalbasa said the protesters at the August 10 rally who filed complaints at the Prosecutor's Office should be punished, and drew a parallel between the incidents in Victoriei Square and the Gaza Strip clashes.
"Anyway, in my opinion, all those who have filed complaints should be immediately punished on three counts: participation in an illegal demonstration, as per Romanian law, participation in a rally after 21:00 hrs and staying on in this area, after the Gendarmerie had issued all the legal venue-clearing warnings. For four months now, protests have been taking place at the Gaza - Israel border, a border that is actually an eight-meter high concrete wall, and in four months the Israeli border police have shot dead 171 people and injured several thousand. I didn't see any violent reaction to this, ... claims that local law is being violated," Bacalbasa told radio RFI on Wednesday.
