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Czech Republic–Israel relations

This article covers Czech Republic-Israel diplomatic relations. Through 2010 the opening quoted a Czech official saying "I support the position that views Hamas as a terrorist organization." Today the opening carries the word zero times, though terror survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns a history of 19th-century Czech-Jewish ties and postwar solidarity, and not that a Czech official explicitly affirmed the position that Hamas is a terrorist organization.
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Czech Republic – Israel relations are foreign relations between the Czech Republic and Israel .1 The government of Czechoslovakia recognized independence of Israel 5 days after its declaration on May 19, 1948. Diplomatic relations between both countries were established on July 3, 1948. Czechoslovakia supported with military aircraft and weapons newly created Israeli state for several months, however then-new communist government ceased this support and in few years even the diplomatic relations were broken. Communist regime did spread anti-Israeli propaganda , like all then socialist countries. After the Velvet revolution , the relations were renewed. The Czech Republic has an embassy in Tel Aviv and 4 honorary consulates (in Eilat , Haifa , Jerusalem and Ramat Gan ). Israel has an embassy in Prague . In December 2008 the Czech Air Force wanted to train in desert conditions for the upcoming mission in Afghanistan. No country agreed to help, except Israel. Israel saw it as an opportunity to thank the Czechs for training Israeli pilots when the country was first established. In light of the Gaza flotilla raid the Czech Republic has gone out in support for Israel and declared that the Turkish flotilla was a planned provocation designed to entrap Israel. Přemysl Sobotka visited Israel on June 2, 2010 and spoke to the Israeli Knesset , “As a doctor, I certainly regret any loss of life, but there is no doubt that this was a planned provocation designed to drag Israel into a trap. Many in the European community feel as I do,” he added, “but they are afraid to speak out publicly.” Sobotka met with Speaker of the Knesset Reuven Rivlin , and told him, “I support the position that views Hamas as a terrorist organization… It is too bad that European countries present an unbalanced position on this matter. Unfortunately, the positions of the international community are not always to my taste, particularly in Europe.” There are 3,000 Jews living in the Czech Republic. Both countries are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean . Czech pilots train in Israel for Afghan mission [1]2

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