Reactions
- UN – The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1450 condemning the attacks. Syria was the only member to oppose the resolution.
- Israel – Israel's Foreign Minister Benyamin Netanyahu called the attacks a "grave escalation of terror against Israel".
- Kenya – The Kenyan government described the attacks as "senseless terrorism" against Israeli interests. It also condemned the perpetrators for using Kenyan soil to carry out their activities.
- United Kingdom – UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw expressed his "utter condemnation" of a suicide bomb attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya.
- United States – Secretary of State Colin Powell said "We condemn in the strongest terms the horrific terrorist bombing earlier today in the Paradise Hotel near Mombasa Kenya that killed at least eleven and wounded dozens – both Kenyans and Israelis. We also condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist shooting at a polling station in Beit Shean in which three Israelis were killed and many more injured."
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