Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, pinned the yellow star on his lapel on Monday during a meeting of the Security Council, saying he would wear it “with pride” until a decision was made to condemn the attacks. Hamas “atrocities”.
“Some of you haven’t learned anything in the last 80 years. Some of you have forgotten why this organization was founded”flew the diplomat, condemning the “silence” of the SA following the attacks of the Palestinian Islamist movement in sectors of the Israeli territory, the deadliest of the state, since October 7.
The Security Council, deeply divided, has adopted neither a resolution nor a declaration on the Israel/Hamas war.
“Well, I’ll remind you. From today, every time you see me, you will remember what it means to be silent in the face of evil”he insisted.
“Like my grandfathers, like the grandfathers of millions of Jews, from today my team and I will wear yellow stars,” he continued, standing up to place a yellow star with the words “Never again” on his suit lapel. » in English), referring to the yellow star imposed on the Jews by the Nazis.
“We will wear this star until you wake up and condemn the atrocities of Hamas,” he added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the October 7 attacks “the worst crime against Jews since the Holocaust.”
The divide over this war and its consequences has been confirmed in the Security Council over the past two weeks — a total of four draft resolutions have been rejected.
Some from the US, Israel’s key ally, because they did not refer to Israel’s right to defend itself.
Another, drawn up by the Americans, by Russia and China, because it did not clearly call for a ceasefire to be declared.
Faced with the deadlock in the SA, the General Assembly took the baton, which adopted by a large majority on Friday a non-binding text calling for an “immediate humanitarian truce”, without any reference to Hamas. This resolution was described, neither more nor less, as a “disgrace” by Ambassador Erdan.
Many of those who spoke to the Council yesterday, while condemning the attacks by Hamas, also underlined the heavy price being paid by civilians in the Gaza Strip. The ongoing siege of the enclave “constitutes collective punishment”, underlined Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Source: News Beast
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