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The Palestinian leader said during a “Nakba Day” event at the United Nations that the Jewish state lies like Joseph Goebbels.
“Palestinian ‘Nakba’ Day pushes an odious narrative that promotes more conflict, not peace,” according to B’nai B’rith International.
Gilad Erdan urges members states to skip the “antisemitic event” that distorts history and inflames tensions.
Tim Lenderking said he hopes that “Iran will change behavior” and support the peace effort in Yemen.
The council is blasted by watchdogs for the appointment, months after Tehran was stripped of role on a separate U.N. commission.
No decision was announced following the closed-door session.
China, France and the UAE called the emergency session.
“We want to have a clear engagement to denounce any antisemitic attitude or feeling in the system,” said Miguel Moratinos, who monitors antisemitism at the United Nations. “Our plan is similar to the European strategy. We will be inspired by certain elements.”
The nation’s advanced drone ecosystem, with life-saving civil applications, is displayed to ambassadors and business executives from around the world.
The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations responded to the congresswoman’s tweet accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing.”
A pro-Israel NGO says it convinced Oslo to change its recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and clarify that it doesn’t recognize a Palestinian state.
The day itself mourns the creation of modern-day Israel through a U.N.-backed plan in 1947 that Palestinian Arabs never accepted.
