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The Israeli ambassador pointed to U.N. Security Council Resolution 2129 of 2013, which affirms the rights of member states to prosecute and penalize the financing, direct or indirect, of terror organizations and their activities.
“I came with certain goals, and I couldn’t achieve them today,” stated Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, who has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair.
U.N. recognition “will be an important achievement for the State of Israel and the Jewish people,” said Ambassador Gilad Erdan.
“Iran continues to spread death, destruction and instability as it seeks to advance Shi’ite hegemony and export terror around the world,” said Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan during a debate on the Middle East.
Israel must approve individuals receiving aid to ensure that money goes to the poor and not to Hamas.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted its bias, saying the council “suffers from serious flaws, including disproportionate attention on Israel and the membership of several states with egregious records.”
“Demanding from Israel what is demanded from no other country is the definition of anti-Semitism,” says Gilad Erdan.
U.N. security guards prevent “shocked” Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan from bringing a placard into the General Assembly Hall • Erdan: “The U.N. isn’t just biased, it also shuts mouths.”
“The financial situation is a real existential threat,” says UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini, citing reduced U.S. and Arab support for the agency.
The Israeli leader appeared determined to change how the Jewish state is understood; a number of times during the trip, he emphasized the need for Israel to be seen as a country with energy, optimism, success and a strong, even optimal future.
The Israeli premier has taken Israel from first to last place in the global fight against COVID-19 and caved in to U.S. pressure on Iran, says the Likud Party.
“That regime [Israel] is in no position to discuss our peaceful program when it has hundreds of nuclear warheads,” says Majid Takht-Ravanchi.
