Clash at the UN, Secretary Guterres: The Hamas attack did not come out of nowhere. Israel is angry: Resign

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Clash at the UN, Secretary Guterres: The Hamas attack did not come out of
Guterres with Blinken at the UN

Hamas's attacks against Israel "did not come out of nowhere, the Palestinian people have been subjected to a suffocating occupation for 56 years", although "the suffering of the Palestinian people cannot justify the horrific attacks of Hamas". This is what the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said, opening the special meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations on the crisis in the Middle East.

The "terrible attacks" by Hamas "cannot justify the collective condemnation of the Palestinian people," added Guterres, who spoke of "clear violations of humanitarian law" in Gaza and called for an "immediate" ceasefire to ease " the great suffering" of the people of Gaza. "No party to a conflict is above international humanitarian law," Guterres said.

These statements aroused the anger of Israel. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has hit back at the UN number one, saying his words show how he is "out of touch with the reality of our region". He added that his comments represented a "shocking" justification for terrorism and killings, calling - as the media reported - for the resignation of Antonio Guterres.

"There is no justification or sense in talking to those who show sympathy for the most horrific acts committed against the citizens of Israel, much less by an obvious terrorist organization," Erdan said. "The Secretary General of the UN, who shows understanding for the campaign of mass extermination of children, women and the elderly, is not fit to lead the UN," writes the Israeli ambassador to the UN on platform X.

"I invite him to resign immediately." "There is no excuse or point in talking to those who show compassion for the most horrific atrocities committed against the citizens of Israel and the Jewish people. There are simply no words," he added.


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