On November 29, the Security Council convened for a high-level special session, with the participation of the secretary-general and foreign ministers to discuss the war in Gaza, Ambassador Erdan attacked the foreign ministers from Arab countries who came to the discussion: "You are assisting a terrorist organization. After the November 29 resolution, the Arab states and the Palestinians tried to destroy the State of Israel. They didn't succeed then and won't succeed today."
The ambassador presented the council with a picture of the Palestinian Mufti with Hitler as proof that the desire to destroy Israel existed among the Palestinian leadership even before the establishment of the state, and said: "This picture is all you need to know about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict!"
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, spoke today (Wednesday) at a special session of the Security Council attended by the UN secretary-general, foreign ministers of China, Brazil and a number of Arab countries on the issue of the war in Gaza.
Arab foreign ministers at the UN Security Council meeting, photo: Reuters
Ambassador Erdan said in his speech: "On November 29, 1947, the UN voted in favor of the partition plan and the establishment of a Jewish state. While Israel happily accepted the decision, the Arab states rejected it and launched a war to destroy Israel. Exactly 76 years later, history repeats itself. You didn't succeed then and it won't happen today."
The ambassador attacked the foreign ministers from the Arab countries who came to participate in the discussion: "The foreign ministers of several Muslim countries came here today to support a terrorist organization that wants to destroy the State of Israel."
Overview of the UN Security Council debate on the war in Gaza, photo: AP
Ambassador Erdan: "The deep hatred for Israel and the Jewish people began even before the establishment of the Jewish state and stems from a murderous ideology that motivates Hamas today. This is not a political issue or a land dispute, it is an ideology to destroy Israel and murder Jews."
During the speech, Erdan presented a picture of Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem alongside Hitler, and said: "The Mufti dedicated his life to ensuring that there would be no Jewish presence in Israel or Arab countries. His hatred spread and his followers led massacres in Israel and Arab countries. He influenced the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. In the past, more than a million Jews lived in Arab countries, today there are only a few thousand. Where have all the Jews from Arab countries gone?! The Jews of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, they were expelled, so stop the hypocrisy here."
The ambassador clarified: "The Palestinian Mufti is no different from Yahya Sinwar or Ismail Haniyeh. He is no different from Hassan Nasrallah, the Houthis or the ayatollahs in Iran. They are all motivated by the same goal of destroying Israel and mass murdering Jews. Hamas has already made it clear that if it had the chance, it would commit the atrocities of October 7 again. It's time for the Security Council to address this threat before another atrocity is committed."
Erdan attacked the council members: "How can you call for a ceasefire on the one hand and at the same time call for a solution? Anyone calling for a ceasefire actually supports the continuation of Hamas rule in Gaza. And with Hamas, there can be no agreement or peace. So to call for a ceasefire and also for peace is a paradox."
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