The security precautions were impressive.
The invitations, issued in advance after thorough screenings, were non-transferable. Invitees were given the exact location of the event only days before. Moreover, all those attending had to present valid government-issued IDs in order to get in.The well-guarded Manila gathering marked the first anniversary of the bloody October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Palestinian terrorists that left more than 1,200 Israelis and four Filipinos dead.
And that Palestinian leaders have consistently rejected the notion of peace, advancing instead the goal of brutally eliminating the world's only Jewish state and its inhabitants 'from the river to the sea.'Also, that Israel — unlike its neighbors — is a liberal democracy offering equal rights to all citizens, be they Jewish, Muslim or other.
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