2024-06-25 21:53:11
UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres mentioned he was the sufferer of focused “disinformation.” He mentioned this at a press convention on media integrity in New York.
“I’ve heard many instances from the identical supply that I’ve by no means criticized Hamas, that I’ve by no means condemned Hamas, that I’m a supporter of Hamas,” Guterres mentioned, with out straight naming Israel.
“I requested for statistics… I condemned Hamas 102 instances – 51 of them in official speeches, the remaining on varied social platforms. So, I need to say that the reality at all times wins ultimately,” he continued.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan beforehand mentioned that Guterres’ condemnations of terrorists are “empty phrases in comparison with his actions.”
“His solely objective was to assist Hamas survive this struggle. We discover it despicable that the secretary common refuses to comply with UN requirements and paints a distorted image of occasions on the bottom,” Erdan mentioned. “Antonio Guterres is an enabler of terror and may resign at this time.”
Relations between the UN and Israel have lengthy been troubled and solely worsened in the course of the struggle between Israel and Hamas.
Israel accused the UN of being biased towards it and accused UN employees of collaborating with Hamas and different terrorists. The UN is investigating a few of these allegations however has mentioned that in lots of instances it has not but obtained proof from Israel.
Cursor beforehand wrote that the UN particular rapporteur made a scandalous assertion towards the IDF.