The head of Israeli diplomacy, Eli Cohen, addressed this Tuesday directly to the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) to ask him “what world he lives in”, after António Guterres denounced “clear violations” of humanitarian law in 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 of the Palestinian people.
“Without a doubt, it is not ours,” added the Minister of Foreign Affairs, showing images of Hamas attacks against civilians, while Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, denounced on the X platform (formerly Twitter) the ” shocking speech” by António Guterres, whom he accused of seeing the situation in a “distorted and immoral” way.
The shocking speech of @UNITED NATIONS Secretary General at the Security Council meeting, while rockets are being fired at all of Israel, conclusively demonstrated, beyond any doubt, that the Secretary General is completely out of touch with the reality of our region and that he considers…
– Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) October 24, 2023
“The shocking speech of the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the Security Council meeting, while rockets were fired at Israel, conclusively demonstrated, beyond any doubt, that the Secretary-General is completely out of touch with the reality of our region and that sees the massacre committed by the Nazi terrorists of Hamas in a distorted and immoral way,” the diplomat wrote.
“His statement that ‘the Hamas attacks did not happen out of nowhere’ expressed an understanding of terrorism and murder. It is truly incomprehensible. It is truly sad that the leader of an organization that emerged after the Holocaust has such horrible views. Tragedy! “Erdan added.
For this reason, Israel’s ambassador to the UN called on Guterres to “immediately resign” from his position.
He @UNITED NATIONS The Secretary-General, who shows sympathy for the campaign of mass murder of children, women and the elderly, is unfit to lead the UN.
I ask you to resign immediately.
There is no justification or point in talking to those who show compassion for the majority…
– Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) October 24, 2023
Moments earlier, at the opening of the Security Council meeting, Guterres unequivocally condemned the “unprecedented” “acts of terror” on October 7 perpetrated by Hamas in Israel, stressing that “nothing can justify the murder, attack and kidnapping of deliberate actions of civilians”. “.
However, the UN Secretary General admitted that it is “important to recognize” 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 land continually devoured by settlements and devastated by violence; their economy has been suffocated; their people have been displaced and their homes demolished. Their hopes for a political solution to their situation have been fading,” Guterres continued.
The UN leader stressed, however, that “the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the terrible attacks by Hamas,” further stressing that “these terrible attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”
Source: TSF
