Israel denounced this Thursday an “absurd” meeting of the UN Security Council supposedly to condemn the visit of an Israeli minister to the esplanade of the East Jerusalem Mosques, which since Tuesday has caused an international outcry and which the Palestinians describe as “Red line”. “.
“I am really, really shocked,” Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said outside the Security Council gates.
“And because? Because there is absolutely no reason for this emergency session to take place today. None. Holding a session of the Security Council on a non-event is really absurd”, the diplomat launched before the exhortation.
Controversy since Tuesday
Figure of the Israeli extreme right and new Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, made a trip of less than a quarter of an hour to the esplanade of the Mosques on Tuesday, raising a wave of international condemnation, including the United States, the historical ally. From Israel
Erdan denied that his minister’s visit was a “raid on the Al Aqsa (mosque) complex” or a departure from the historical “status quo” regarding Jerusalem’s holy sites. “Every Jew has the right to visit the Temple Mount,” the site’s designation in Judaism, he hammered.
The Palestinian representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, attacked the Israeli neighbor and adversary and criticized the UN, where many resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been passed for decades.
“What red line does Israel have to cross for the Security Council to finally say ‘enough’ and act accordingly? When are you going to act?” Riyad Mansour protested in a lengthy speech.
Source: BFM TV
