Israel welcomes the adoption of the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition. This Protocol is part of the ongoing efforts by the international community to address the issue of organized crime and the grave humanitarian pro…
Since I have already made my statements in exercise of the right of reply, this is a point of order in response to the statement made earlier by the Ambassador of Turkey.
I agree with everything he said. We, the Jewish people, are deeply grateful for the role played by the Ottoman empire in helping…
My delegation deeply regrets the statement of the Palestinian observer and his fabricated claims about Israeli actions. I would leave it to the General Assembly to decide who instigated this polemic debate here. My delegation came to this debate in good faith and with wholehearted support for the dr…
Israel is proud to be a co- sponsor of the draft resolution that was adopted today by the General Assembly, and we completely support the aims expressed therein. Religious and other holy sites embody the common cultural heritage of humankind and the entire international community. All of us — not on…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to address the Council.
The draft resolution just voted on and not adopted reflects, unfortunately, a one-sided view of the nature of the last six months of violence. The reality, as the last 24 hours have gruesomely reminded us, is that th…
Mr. President, at the outset, I wish to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and I wish you much success in this capacity. I wish also to thank your predecessor, the Ambassador of Tunisia, for his most able leadership.
Yesterday, the Council heard a stateme…
The earthquake which struck El Salvador on 13 January is a tragedy of immense human proportions. It has claimed hundreds of lives, has left thousands wounded and homeless and has inflicted devastating damage on property and infrastructure. Such a disaster beckons the international community to act i…
I am fully aware of the lateness of the hour, and I do not intend to take too much of the time of the General Assembly. However, the representative of Lebanon spoke about the acts of aggression committed by Israel in 1996. I think his baseless allegations should be set against the recent record of t…
I believe that in my previous statement I fully clarified the position of my Government with regard to the incident that took place at Qana in 1996, and I am not going to repeat my previous statement. However, the representative of Lebanon also spoke about the need for countries to live up to their …
I should like to note that in principle, Israel supports the continued funding and strengthening of United Nations peacekeeping operations. It is only because of the fourth preambular paragraph and operative paragraphs 2, 3 and 14 that Israel is opposed to the draft resolution contained in document …
I would like to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would like also to take this opportunity to congratulate his predecessor, Ambassador van Walsum, for his most capable leadership.
At the outset, I would like to express my satisfaction at the r…
This year, as in years past, Israel has joined the consensus on the resolution entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”, and I would like to explain our position in this regard.
Israel is committed to the goal of enhancing the economic growth and welfare of the Palestinian people, which we v…
I deeply regret the tenor of the intervention made by the Syrian representative,
which is inappropriate in this Assembly. Although we truly wish to achieve a just, comprehensive and durable peace with our neighbours to the north, we have no delusions regarding the true character of the Syrian Gover…
My delegation totally rejects the baseless allegations made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of some other States.
Egypt graciously hosted the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, at which an Israeli-Palestinian agreement was reached on ending the violence — an agreement which are working hard to implem…
Israel will vote against the draft resolutions contained in documents A/55/L.45, A/55/L.46, A/55/L.47, and A/55/L.48.
The ritualistic recycling of these outdated draft resolutions year after year reflects an utter obliviousness of the peace process and the new realities in the Middle East. Draft re…
I wish to make two or three brief points. The litany of the 22 years of occupation is worth defining more clearly. I wish to state here that the 22 years of occupation of
southern Lebanon corresponded very strictly to the 22 years of aggression originating in southern Lebanon against Israel, partic…
Let me begin with a brief reaction to the statements of the representatives of Iraq and of Iran. As members of the Assembly have surely noticed, the tongues of those two are struck with paralysis at the mere word “Israel”. It is their custom to refer to Israel as “the Zionist entity”. We are, in fac…
I should like, if I may, take this opportunity to convey, in Arabic, my best wishes to our Muslim friends for Ramadan.
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It gives me pleasure to offer you, my Muslim colleagues, my best felicitations on the occasion of holy Ramadan.
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The recent history of the Mi…
Before continuing in English, I would like to pay deep homage to the last speaker, the Permanent Representative of Cameroon. He showed himself to be an excellent advocate of peace. On behalf of the State of Israel and its people, I think that it is only right to commend him for his sublime speech, w…
As a nation that has long lived under the threat of war, Israel longs for the day when civilian life will be free from the threat of anti- personnel landmines. It is our fervent conviction that these undiscriminating weapons, which echo shots fired long ago and conflicts raging miles away, have no p…
