The head of Israeli diplomacy describes the UN as an “anti-Semitic” organization – L’Express

2024-03-23 18:12:24

New episode of tensions between the UN and Israel. On Saturday, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, described on United Nations. Antonio Guterres called on this occasion for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”.

Information to remember

⇒ The head of Israeli diplomacy describes the UN as an “anti-Israeli” and “anti-Semitic” organization

⇒ “The world has had enough of this endless nightmare,” says Antonio Guterres

⇒ Hamas accuses Israel of killing 19 people waiting for aid distribution, which the Israeli army denies

The UN, an “anti-Israeli organization”

After a visit by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres near the Gaza border, the Israeli Foreign Minister accused him on the social network X (formerly Twitter) of being anti-Israel. “Under his leadership, the UN has become an anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli organization that harbors and encourages terrorism,” writes Mr. Katz.

the UN Secretary-General @antonioguterresstood today on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing and blamed Israel for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, without condemning in any way the Hamas-ISIS terrorists who plunder humanitarian aid, without condemning @UNRWA that…

— Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) March 23, 2024

“UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today came to the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing and blamed Israel for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, without in any way condemning Hamas terrorists who are looting aid humanitarian,” he accused.

“The world has had enough of this endless nightmare”

Antonio Guterres went to Egypt on Saturday March 23, near the border with the Gaza Strip to draw attention to the “pain” of the inhabitants of Gaza, prisoners of “an endless nightmare”, he said. he declares. “Nothing justifies the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7. And nothing justifies the collective punishment suffered by the Palestinian people. Now more than ever, it is time for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” the secretary said. general of the UN.

“I echo the vast majority of the world who have seen enough. Who has had enough,” Mr. Guterres told reporters from the Egyptian side of the Rafah border post. “In Gaza, the Palestinians are stuck in a never-ending nightmare,” he added. He deplored the “destroyed houses, the missing families and entire generations as well as the hunger and famine that hovers over the population.”

19 people killed by Israeli fire, according to Hamas

The Hamas Health Ministry on Saturday reported 19 deaths in Israeli fire on a crowd waiting for aid distribution in the northern Gaza Strip. In a press release, the ministry mentions “at least nine martyrs and dozens of injured by tank fire and shells from the Israeli occupation army”, at the time when “they were waiting for aid trucks at the roundabout of Kuwait”.

The Israeli army has denied these accusations. “Reports claiming that Israeli forces attacked dozens of Gazans near an aid convoy are incorrect,” she said in a statement. According to “first elements”, “there was no air strike against the convoy, nor shooting by (Israeli) forces on people near the aid convoy”, she added.

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On March 14, the Hamas Ministry of Health had already reported 20 dead and more than a hundred injured in “Israeli fire” in similar circumstances, in the same area. The next day, the Israeli army spoke of shooting by “armed Palestinians”, denying these accusations.