António Guterres
“We, the leaders of the Arab countries gathered in Tunisia ... express our rejection and condemnation of the United States decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan,” said Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
The aid group is expected to provide relief supplies and medical care, restore access to potable water and offer psychological support.
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres also condemned the rise of Jew-hatred in the world, and the significance of combating it.
It comes as Israel launched “Operation Northern Shield” to destroy tunnels built to infiltrate Israel.
Some 70 years after the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab states and Iran, the heads of communities of Jews from Arab countries are demanding that the United Nations officially recognize their suffering.
“Anti-Semitism is back, and it needs to be fought as the crime it is,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
