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Western diplomats, including U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, rebuked him at the Security Council meeting.
“Today’s debate has crossed all lines. Not only am I both appalled and outraged to the very depths of my soul, but I am sad—very, very, sad,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
The U.N. official who has previously compared Israelis to Nazis tweeted the opposite of condolences for three Israeli Jewish women and an Italian murdered days apart by terrorists.
Signatories include the U.S. Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, the American Civil Liberties Union, B’Tselem, Human Rights Watch and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
“Going from slavery to freedom has become the universal theme of liberation for all people, Jews and non-Jews alike,” states Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations.
Only witnesses critical of Israel were on the docket at the U.N. Commission of Inquiry proceedings this week; the commission did not offer Jerusalem a chance to rebut.
Israeli envoy accuses his Palestinian counterpart of “regurgitating fabrications” that do nothing to bring about an end to the conflict.
Lisa Stradelbauer, Canada’s ambassador to Israel, said at the current rate, it will take “300 years for there to be gender equality worldwide.”
“Our peacekeepers are on the spot to de-escalate the situation,” UNIFIL says.
The critique comes after Washington brokered an agreement to kill a proposed council resolution condemning Israeli building plans in Judea and Samaria.
The U.S. supported the Security Council’s non-binding statement on Judea and Samaria.
Amid U.S. pressure, Jerusalem reportedly will postpone for several months the approval of additional construction in Judea and Samaria.
