I am sure that many Council members were not aware — or did not care to check — but today is Tisha B’Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, our ancient day of mourning. We are fasting today for the many tragedies in Jewish history that occurred on this day, including the destruction of our fir…
What an absurdity to again be called to the Security Council to again discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza, especially when the Council has failed to hold one single meeting on the real reasons behind this terrible war, behind the horrific attack on 7 October 2023.
The Council should be discu…
Tomorrow will mark 30 years, to the day, since a joint Iran and Hizbullah terrorist operation attacked a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, murdering 85 people and injuring hundreds of others. This should be a stark reminder of two things.
First, it should remind us that Iran has been obsesse…
This morning, in an act of outrageous absurdity and moral bankruptcy, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that he will seek arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and Hamas leaders. This is a despicable and unforgettable day on which an immoral equivalence is being …
Yesterday the Jewish people marked the end of Passover. Passover is the holiday in which we celebrate our first step to nationhood, the exodus from slavery in Egypt and the beginning of our ancestors’ journey to the land of Israel. The Jewish people set out for the promised land 3,500 years ago. On …
I wish to begin by thanking the United States and, particularly, President Biden, for standing up for truth and morality in the face of hypocrisy and politics.
I sat here mere hours ago describing why draft resolution S/2024/312 is destructive. I explained how the Palestinian Authority does not mee…
How many times has the Security Council met to discuss ways to advance the release of our hostages held in Gaza? The answer is not even once. How many condemnations has the Council issued against Hamas or their heinous 7 October 2023 massacre? The answer is zero. Yet rather than condemning Hamas’s a…
From the very moment that the Arabs rejected General Assembly resolution 181 (II) in 1947 — the partition plan — and began their war to destroy Israel, the Palestinians have tried to exploit the United Nations for their goal to reverse history. Not only have the United Nations and its bodies faile…
Yesterday the Ayatollah regime, in blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, attacked the State of Israel and launched 170 unmanned aircraft, 120 ballistic missiles and 30 cruise missiles, carrying 60 tons of explosive materials, at Israel. The attack was launched…
Since well before the establishment of the United Nations or the State of Israel, the Palestinians’ goal has been clear — the annihilation of the Jews. Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and one of the founding fathers of Palestinian nationalism, worked hand in hand with Hitler to …
I wish to begin by expressing Israel’s sorrow over the tragic incident that claimed the lives of the World Central Kitchen employees in Gaza. We express our deepest condolences, and our hearts go out to the families, their countries and the World Central Kitchen. That was a tragic mistake. Israel ne…
At the outset, I want to express my deepest condolences to the Russian people and to the families of all the victims of the heinous terror attack on Friday. Terror must always be condemned in the harshest terms.
The Security Council was justifiably very quick to condemn Friday’s terror attack in Ru…
I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to the United States of America. The United Nations was established in the wake of the Holocaust to prevent such atrocities from happening again. I thank Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield for defending those values. Her determination to condemn
the Hamas …
Here we are once again, 150 days after Hamas committed the most brutal and barbaric massacre since the Holocaust. And once again, this body has convened not to condemn Hamas, no, not to condemn their atrocities, but to focus again only on the situation in Gaza. As if 7 October 2023 never happened, a…
For the past two years, Israel has stood alongside the people of Ukraine in solidarity, both on the ground and here in the United Nations. That is the moral thing to do, especially as a country that knows exactly how it feels to be aggressively invaded, to have our towns and cities attacked and to h…
Since 7 October the Security Council has voted on numerous draft resolutions constructed around the same flawed theme — the concept of a ceasefire. The word is constantly mentioned in the Security Council and the General Assembly and by United Nations officials and agencies as if it were a silver b…
At the outset, I would like to thank France and to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your recent appointment. I wish you the best in your crucial position.
Today the Council has a historic opportunity to shift its focus to the real and grave security threat. The Middle East is suffering from a ca…
This is the second Security Council meeting this week on the situation in Gaza and the twenty-first meeting on the subject since 7 October. Over the same period, three General Assembly meetings were convened and two Security Council resolutions were adopted (resolutions 2720 (2024) and resolution 27…
More than three months have passed since Hamas committed the most widespread massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Ninety-six days have passed since Hamas butchered, incinerated, raped and exterminated 1,300 Israelis in cold blood and since it brutally took 240 Israelis hostage. And today — nearly 1…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate the new members of the Security Council on beginning their terms.
The Houthis’ attacks on maritime trade are not merely an escalation, or are they a spillover. They did not happen magically by themselves. This reality is a glimpse into the dark future of the re…
