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Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana announced today (Friday) the cancellation of his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which was planned for the rest of the day
. in a vacuum.
I intended to try and convince, as well as hand him a book we prepared in the Knesset, documenting October 7 with still images.
But yesterday he again called on the State of Israel to stop fighting, criticizing it 'even if Hamas uses human shields'.
There are also lost cases and red lines.
I will not whitewash Guterres."
The Speaker of the Knesset in a meeting with the US National Security Advisor, February 5, 2024/Knesset spokeswoman, photo: Natan Weil
Ohana is expected to give a speech at the conference of the International Association of Parliaments that is gathering in the UN building at 11:30 New York time. He is expected to refer in his words to the war that Israel is waging in Gaza. Earlier today, Ohana met at the UN building with the President of the Senate of Uruguay and the President of the Senate of Belgium .
This is expected to end Ohana's political visit to the United States, which began in Washington, at the invitation of the Speaker of the American House of Representatives, Mike Johnson. The Speaker of the Knesset was accompanied by families of abductees and Knesset members from the opposition and the coalition, for a series of meetings with senior officials in Congress and the government.
In New York, Ohana met, among others, with New York Governor Kathy Hokul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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