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Hillel Neuer accused outgoing commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini of enabling Hamas and called for criminal charges.
During a heated exchange at a conference on conflict-related sexual violence, Israel’s ambassador accused senior U.N. representatives of bias against the Jewish state.
The Jewish state, by contrast, absorbed Holocaust survivors, Jews expelled from Arab states and others who did not maintain their refugee status.
The subject of Tehran’s nuclear project was deferred to further negotiations after Iran and the U.S. signed an initial memorandum of understanding.
“I wanted to make the most of my time here and use the platform of the United Nations not just to talk about Israel but also to highlight the humanity and commonality between the people of Israel and the people of Iran,” he told JNS.
The USAID Inspector General’s office is “also working to prevent Hamas-linked staff from jumping to other aid organizations operating in Gaza,” a senior Trump admin official told JNS.
“The UN’s methodology is unreliable, as it has traditionally counted as ‘settler violence’ even incidents of self-defense by Jews,” international law expert Eugene Kontorovich told JNS.
A U.S. diplomat told the U.N. Security Council that Iran’s regime is holding “the world’s economy hostage by unlawfully attempting to restrict freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.”
“Giving legitimacy to rhetoric that recklessly manipulates the memory of Nazism dishonors the victims of the Holocaust,” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, said.
“These acts amount to the war crimes of murder and torture, and abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law,” according to the report.
The Israeli PM said war crimes claims meant to deflect from misconduct allegations as ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan faces suspension pending review.
“I have never been in a room where I felt so much hatred,” the mother of 22-year-old Carolin Bohl, who was killed by Hamas, said after attending a Berlin event at which Albanese was guest of honor.