Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon confronts Feridun Sinirlioğlu with a direct question about Hamas. The Turkish candidate for the highest office of the United Nations condemns terrorism in general, but avoids explicitly condemning Hamas as a terrorist organization.
During operations in southern Lebanon, Israeli soldiers found numerous weapons and military equipment in close proximity to UN positions. The army accuses the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL of having failed to fulfill its mandate.
Francesca Albanese made serious allegations against Israel at a hearing in the Irish Parliament. Particularly unusual was her claim that Palestinians had been sexually abused by dogs specially trained in Europe.
At a screening at the United Nations headquarters, Israel presented a documentary film about the history and controversial role of UNRWA. Dozens of diplomats attended the screening.
“You are undermining the credibility of the United Nations and exploiting its emblem to spread anti-Israel propaganda,” the Israeli envoy told the UN special rapporteur.
Honoring Navi Pillay highlights the moral rot of the United Nations and Nobel Committee.
The demonstrative boycott of Netanyahu’s UN speech was meant to isolate Israel – but it achieved the opposite and gave his message a audience of millions.
Antisemitism simmers within the world body, most notably these days in the actions and words of Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on the “occupied Palestinian territories.”
The database “was established solely to persecute the Jewish state, with no equivalent anywhere else in the world,” Jerusalem’s mission to the world body in Geneva said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the UN General Assembly in New York in full.
