Throughout a UN Safety Council assembly held to debate the Israeli-Palestinian battle yesterday, the US accused the UN and its Safety Council of being “intrinsically biased in opposition to Israel.”
Addressing the assembly, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield mentioned: “Israelis additionally shared with me their concern that the United Nations is intrinsically biased in opposition to Israel.”
She added: “They [Israelis] interpret the overwhelming deal with Israel on this physique [Security Council] as a denial of Israel’s proper to exist and an unfair deal with this one nation – and they’re appropriate.”
Thomas-Greenfield continued: “The Safety Council’s month-to-month conferences on the scenario within the Center East that focus nearly solely on Israel are seen by Israelis as one other instance of this [bias].”
In accordance with the US envoy, “this Council’s consideration ought to mirror all areas that threaten worldwide peace and safety, and we should always have open conferences on Lebanon and meet on Iran extra frequently. Israel doesn’t outline the Center East.”
Thomas-Greenfield spoke about her go to to the area and mentioned: “I noticed firsthand how severe the safety scenario is for Israel,” claiming “it’s subjected to common assaults by terrorist organisations, together with Hamas, Hezbollah, each of whom are funded by Iran.”
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