Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Gilad Erdan, on Tuesday asked Secretary-General António Guterres to resign “immediately” after saying the Hamas attacks “did not come out of nowhere.”
“The UN Secretary General, who understands the campaign of mass murder of children, women and the elderly, is not fit to lead the UN. I ask him to resign immediately,” the diplomat wrote on platform Twitter).
“There is no justification or point in speaking to those who express compassion for the most terrible atrocities committed against the citizens of Israel and the Jewish people. There are simply no words,” he added.
“The shocking speech by the UN Secretary General at the Security Council meeting, while rockets were being fired into Israel, proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that the Secretary General is completely out of touch with the reality of our region and that he sees the carnage.” committed by Hamas Nazi terrorists in a twisted and immoral manner,” the diplomat wrote.
“Your statement that ‘the Hamas attacks did not come out of nowhere’ showed your understanding of terrorism and murder. It’s really incomprehensible. It is truly sad that the leader of an organization that emerged after the Holocaust has such horrific views. tragedy!” Erdan added.
Moments earlier, at the opening of the Security Council meeting, Guterres unequivocally condemned the October 7 “unprecedented” and “acts of terror” committed by the Islamist group Hamas in Israel, emphasizing that “nothing could justify the murder, the attack and the deliberate can justify murder. kidnapping of civilians”.
However, the UN Secretary General admitted that it was “important to recognise” that the attacks by the Islamist group Hamas “did not come out of nowhere”, stressing that the Palestinian people were “subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation” .
“They have seen their lands continually devoured by settlements and ravaged by violence; their economy is stifled; their people displaced and their homes destroyed. Their hope for a political solution to their situation has faded,” he continued Guterres.
However, the UN leader stressed that “the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify Hamas’ terrible attacks,” further emphasizing that “these terrible attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”
Israeli Minister Asks Guterres “What World He Lives In”
The head of Israeli diplomacy, Eli Cohen, addressed the United Nations (UN) Secretary General directly on Tuesday to ask him “what world he lives in” after António Guterre’s “clear violations” of humanitarian law in had denounced Gaza.
“Mr. Secretary General, what world do you live in?” Eli Cohen asked at a ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council to address the situation in the Middle East, more specifically the war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas, as well as the situation among the Palestinian people.
“Without a doubt, it is not one of ours,” the foreign minister added, showing footage of Hamas attacks on civilians.
Even during the Security Council meeting, Eli Cohen warned that “the West is next” in what he called the “war of the free world” against terrorism, symbolized by the Islamist group Hamas, which he equated with the Nazis.
“This war was imposed on us, there was no option. It was imposed on us and it is not just Israel’s war, but that of the free world,” the minister said in an open debate with a high level of participation, including from Portugal.
“The terrorists do not only have the destruction of Israel in mind: their dream is the whole world,” he emphasized.
Cohen dismissed any possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza, as requested by the UN Secretary General: “How can anyone accept a ceasefire with someone who has sworn to kill him, for his existence to destroy?” he wondered, answering in turn: “The proportionate response to the October 7 massacre is the total destruction of Hamas. It is not only our right, it is our duty,” he said in a very angry tone.
The Israeli minister also praised US President Joe Biden and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken “for showing moral clarity and supporting Israel in these dark hours” but was harsh on Guterres for calling a ceasefire continued to defend. immediate humanitarian fire.
After the speech in the Security Council, the Israeli minister indicated on social media that he will not meet Guterres during his visit to New York.
“I will not meet the UN Secretary General. After the October 7 massacre, there is no longer any room for a balanced approach. Hamas must be wiped off the face of the earth!”, wrote Eli Cohen on the X platform.
Source: DN
