“Israel will do everything in our power to disarm Hamas,” Danny Danon said during a UN Security Council debate. “The question is, when will you?”
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Describing the move as “unprecedented and highly controversial,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it ties “the hands of his successor” and degrades the UN’s “rules-based order.”
“This is not a case of a few bad apples,” Yoni Tobin, senior policy analyst at JINSA, told JNS. “It’s a case of a rotten tree.”
“There’s the great myth of peaceful coexistence of Jews in the Arab countries, which is a staple of Palestinian propaganda,” Lyn Julius, cofounder of a group focused on Jews of the Middle East and North Africa, told JNS.
“You traded your integrity, your credibility, your reputation for a few more months on a UN salary,” Danny Danon told Pramila Patten.
A new watchdog report raises uncomfortable questions about how the United Nations verifies claims before shaping the global narrative.
Donor governments are funding the agency on the strength of promised reforms, while inciting and antisemitic material reportedly remains in its classrooms.
Washington is urging donor nations to stop financing an agency accused of perpetuating refugee dependency, tolerating incitement, and allowing Hamas-linked personnel to operate within its ranks.
The Israeli ambassador accused Vanessa Frazier, the UN special representative for children and armed conflict, of amplifying antisemitic content and unverified claims about Israel, and called for a review of her continued suitability for office.
Ilana Gritzewsky stood before the Human Rights Council not as a statistic, but as a survivor — and exposed an institution willing to indict Israel instantly while hesitating to believe Jewish women.
