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“The Palestinian leadership will have to choose between slandering or receiving support from Israel. It cannot have both,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
IRGC Navy warns U.S. against “adventurism and false and fake stories” with regard to Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls to extend the international arms embargo on Iran.
“Even in this new and difficult environment, we continue to take part in the ongoing diplomatic work within the family of nations,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
That Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has called the Israeli prime minister a racist means he “is either a liar, an ignorant fool or both,” says Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
Approved by all 15 UNSC members, including the United States, it does not mention the Trump Mideast peace plan and calls for “all parties to refrain from undermining the viability of the two-state solution.”
“The UNHRC, which consists of tyrannical states and despot regimes, proves once again that it is a rotten institution that makes delusional decisions which have no connection to actual human rights,” said Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan.
“The Belgians cannot expect us to stay quiet when they are taking advantage of being temporary presidents of the [U.N. Security Council] to hurt Israel,” said Anna Azari, head of the European Section of the Foreign Ministry.
In a statement released by the Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas)—the committee’s ranking member—Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) called this move by the United Nations “abrupt and inappropriate” and “another anti-Israel stunt that will not further peace in the region.”
“The world body’s endless hypocrisy and double standards towards Israel are staggering,” said American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris in a statement. “Of all the situations in the world in which territory is disputed, the U.N. chooses only to focus on Israel. Why?”
“We strongly reject this contemptible effort,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel reaches out to governors in U.S. states hosting firms on the U.N list, asking them to condemn the initiative.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz blasted the decision to release the blacklist, calling it a “shameful surrender to pressure by countries and organizations interested in harming Israel.”
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was joined at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who called Abbas a “man of peace” and the “only partner” Israel has in peace negotiations.
