Lady Ashton said that the press reporting of her speech was "grossly distorted" and that had she also referred to Israeli victims in Sderot, but this had been incorrectly omitted from the original transcript.
Lady Ashton sagde at pressens citering af talen var "groft fordrejet" og at hun havde refereret til de israelske ofte i Sderot, men at dette var blevet udeladt fra den oprindelige udskrift.