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“There can be no enrichment inside of Iran,” U.S. diplomat Morgan Ortagus said. “That remains our principle.”
“Belgium’s move to intervene alongside South Africa is akin to putting lipstick on a pig,” Gerard Filitti, of Lawfare Project, told JNS.
“It has been 805 days that my brother Ran has been held by Hamas terrorists,” Shira Gvili said.
Trust is lacking from Jerusalem, however, with the Jewish state’s U.N. envoy telling the council that “responsibility rests with the Syrian authorities to stop” terror activity within its borders.
“That says more about the U.N. than it does about Israel,” the Israeli ambassador to the global body in New York told JNS.
“This council should recognize and end its outsized focus on an outdated resolution,” said American diplomat Jennifer Locetta of Resolution 2334.
“Israel will not forget the crimes against humanity committed by UNRWA workers” on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the longtime U.N. agency as a “subsidiary of Hamas.”
“This should be a time not to run and hide but to indeed prove that Zionism is not racism,” Rep. Joe Wilson told attendees.
“Thank you for supporting Israel at the United Nations with clear moral clarity,” the Israeli president told the U.S. envoy in Jerusalem.
The event, meant to build dialogue among media members and ideas toward advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace, again featured a pro-BDS panelist.
Waltz is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.
