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“I feel I must do something to honor and continue the Jewish life of my ancestors, and to speak up against the anti-Semitism that nearly extinguished us,” said activist Elisha Wiesel, the only child of Holocaust survivors Marion and the late Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.
It represents second incident within a month • UNIFIL spokesperson says peacekeepers were on routine patrol.
Led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), 42 bipartisan members sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling the COI “outrageous and unjust.”
The resolution aims to stamp out Holocaust denial and distortion, prioritizing education and placing a greater responsibility on social-media platforms.
Co-sponsored by Germany—and backed by the United States, Russia and many other countries—it affirms that the Holocaust “will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice.”
The council held its regular meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drawing almost no top diplomats as planned, as the United States and the United Arab Emirates redirected the focus to other pressing concerns in the Middle East and around the world.
The Norwegian ambassador speak about her current term as president of the U.N. Security Council, including her renewed focus on the peace process, Israeli settlements and Palestinian incitement.
Director-general of the Foreign Ministry Alon Ushpiz said the Jewish state is proud to be part of the international effort to help.
“We are working tirelessly to break the ‘glass ceiling’ and increase the number of Israelis in the U.N.,” says U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan.
“The concern is that you have three or four different legal proceedings in which allegations of apartheid have been made and that at least one of them may end up endorsing these allegations,” Yuval Shany, professor of international law at Hebrew University and research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, told JNS.
“The resolution is of great importance in the international arena,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
“The High Commissioner will say privately that she inherited this problem, but we think she had the ability to postpone the release of the blacklist. She knows it doesn’t serve any kind of positive purpose,” said former Israel Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
