United Nations
Ambassador Gilad Erdan said it was easy to defend the Jewish state in a hostile forum like the U.N. because he knew the truth was on his side.
UN spokesman acknowledges nine agency employees who “may” have participated in Oct. 7 massacre were “likely or very likely” to have done so.
The publication’s initial title was along the lines of “terrorists spare four of seven buildings at World Trade Center,” wrote Michael Brendan Dougherty of “National Review.”
“It is too little, too late—ignoring thousands of agency employees involved to various degrees in Hamas’s terror activities,” wrote Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
Asked how widespread visa extension denials are for U.N. staff, a spokesman for the global body told JNS, “Let’s just say it’s spread.”
“Those who really want stability in the region should welcome the elimination of arch terrorists, not call on both sides to show restraint,” said Israeli envoy Jonathan Miller.
The departed Israeli envoy told JNS that the Jewish state must not leave a void at the United Nations.
Washington “put pressure on the Israelis to allow for humanitarian assistance to get in unimpeded, and we continue to work on those efforts,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield said.
The council met on Friday to discuss threats against UNRWA, with Gilad Erdan asking why the council trusts data of “child killers and rapists.”
The U.N. special rapporteur agreed with an “undeniably antisemitic” message, says the Combat Antisemitism Movement.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield told an Atlanta radio host that Washington takes allegations that U.N. staff participated in the Oct. 7 terror attack “very, very seriously.”
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asserted that there is no alternative to UNRWA. Washington-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies says Guterres is wrong.
