JORDANIAN MINISTER COMFORTS EU’S WEEPING MOGHERINI:

Federica Mogherini, the EU Foreign Policy Chief, cut short a news conference in Jordan and began to weep as she spoke of the Brussels bombings Tuesday, 22 March 2016. Mogherini was holding a joint press conference with Jordanian FM Nasser Judeh in Amman. "It is a very sad day for Europe as Europe and its capital is suffering the same pain that this region has known and knows every single day," said the EU commission’s vice-president. She appeared to be trying to contain her emotions, but these eventually got the best of her. She stepped toward Judeh, who embraced her, and the two left the room at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together. If Mogherini’s statements reflect a true new-found identification with the victims of Islamism in the Middle East, it remains to be seen whether this will be translated into greater solidarity with Israel. When PM Netanyahu met Mogherini in January 2016 he suggested that European countries treat the Jewish state the way the moderate Arab countries do, but did not elaborate. Netanyahu told Mogherini that the EU has "double standards” when it comes to Israel. His comment came several days after the EU reaffirmed a decision to differentiate between products made within sovereign Israel and those manufactured in the Jewish communities of Judea & Samaria. In response, Mogherini maintained the EU was not boycotting Israel. (INN) May weeping bring reality and understanding to Federica Mogherini of what Israel faces on a daily basis.