I would like to begin by expressing our deep gratitude to the United States and every other member of the Security Council that supported draft resolution S/2023/792. Voting for a draft resolution that clearly condemns savage genocidal terrorists while standing up for a Member State’s right to defen…
As we meet here today, young babies and children are being held in Gaza. This is beyond imagination. It is a living nightmare: Ofri, 10 years old; Avigail, 3 years old; Maya, 17 years old; Raz, 4 years old; Aviv, 2 years old; Ariel, 4 years old; little Kfir, only 9 months; Yuval, 8 years old; and Of…
What is going on here? I am truly shocked and horrified. I truly do not understand what is going on. The most barbaric and wide-scale terror attack in decades — bigger than the 11 September attacks — was perpetrated 11 days ago, and it seems that the Council has already forgotten. The pictures and …
I will begin by saying that if Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people, as President Abbas stated just yesterday, it is puzzling that his representative is present in this meeting, let alone voicing an opinion on behalf of the people in Gaza who elected the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham…
Over three millenniums ago, our great leader Moses addressed the people of Israel as they were about to enter the Promised Land. He said that they would find there two mountains facing one another: Mount Gerizim, the site on which a great blessing would be proclaimed, and Mount Ebal, the site of a g…
I want to react to the references about my country made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iran is accountable for the mistrust surrounding the Middle East arms-control architecture. It has violated its commitments to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and it…
I need two more minutes to conclude.
And when the situation explodes, which it will, sadly, if immediate action is not taken, the consequences for the region will be disastrous.
Over the past year, the designated terror organization Hizbullah, in flagrant violation of resolution 1701 (2006), has e…
Today is Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av. It is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. It is a day of solemn mourning, fasting and prayer, during which we commemorate the destruction of both our temples. On this day, 2,600 years ago, the first holy Jewish temple in Jerusalem was…
Israel has maintained and continues to maintain excellent relations with all peacekeeping forces in our region, including the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, and we continually demonstrate our unequivocal support for United Nations peacekeeping operations as a whole.
The fourth preambular …
Last Tuesday, Elisha Antman, a 17-year-old who had just finished high school, was nearing the end of his shift at a restaurant near the town of Eli. That was Elisha’s very last shift. He had been working there for nine months. He had saved up some money and made plans to spend his summer hiking. Las…
At the outset, I wish to thank the facilitators from Canada and Tunisia for their excellent and cooperative approach throughout the eighth biannual review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS). It has been a lengthy and complex negotiation process, which has led us to the ad…
Israel dissociates itself from the election of Iran as a Vice-President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. Iran systematically and bluntly violates all its international obligations, whether by galloping forward with the development of its nuclear programme, enhancing its ballist…
This month marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. Inspiring and contributing to a better world is part of the Israeli and Jewish tradition. Our dynamic system for fostering innovation and our vast experience in emergencies have created a strong foundation fo…
Each time I set foot in this Chamber for these open debates, I mentally prepare myself for the bias and the falsehoods and the singling out of Israel — the only liberal democracy in the region. Yet today’s debate has crossed all the lines. Not only am I both appalled and outraged to the very depths…
Israel is proud to be among the co-sponsors of resolution 77/276. We wish to extend our gratitude to and congratulate the Permanent Mission of Vanuatu and the core group of States for spearheading this important effort to address the adverse effects of climate change. Israel would like to express it…
A disturbing pattern seems to have developed here. Over the past months, closed debates on the situation in the Middle East have been opened at the request of the Palestinians, and numerous emergency meetings have been held at their behest. It seems that the quarterly debates focused solely on conde…
A few weeks ago, a young Palestinian girl recited a poem:
“Daddy gave me a present, a machine gun and a rifle. When I am big, I will join the Liberation Army. The Liberation Army taught us how to defend our homeland. We will achieve victory over America and Israel.”
Amal, the Palestinian girl in q…
What we have just witnessed is, as always, an act — an Academy-Award-winning act of false victimization. In both his letter that he sent out just yesterday — as he has done many times before because he does not want us to be able to check the facts — and his searing performance today, the Palesti…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you and Japan, Mr. President, as well as Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, as you begin your terms on the Security Council.
When I heard the news that the Security Council, the body committed to promoting and protecting world peace, was holding an eme…
We will soon vote on a number of draft resolutions (A/77/L.23, A/77/L.24, A/77/L.25 and A/77/L.26), the sole purpose of which is to put all the blame for what is happening in the Middle East exclusively on Israel, while absolving the Palestinians of any responsibility for their situation. Year after…
