Israel has expressed great regret about the tragic death of the employee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Iain Hook, and is engaged in a thorough investigation of the circumstances leading to his death. Israel may make the findings of…
Seeing that I have the privilege of being the forty-seventh speaker on this agenda item, I will endeavour to keep my statement brief. The report before us, “Strengthening the United
Nations: an agenda for further change” (A/57/387), is nothing less than extraordinary. It is concise, candid and cons…
At the outset I would like to extend our deepest condolences to the Government and people of Indonesia, and to the victims and their families for the heinous terrorist attack that was perpetrated on the island of Bali last Saturday. We offer special condolences to the Government and people of Austra…
At the outset, Sir, allow me to say that we are pleased to see you presiding over the deliberations of the Security Council for the month of July.
In the pre-dawn hours yesterday morning, Israeli forces undertook military action as part of our ongoing effort to protect civilians from the unrelentin…
Those who are genuinely interested in bringing peace to the Middle East must today think carefully about which steps would enhance this process, and which would be counterproductive.
Both Israelis and Palestinians have declared their agreement to certain principles. At the outset of the Oslo peace …
I regret the tone and the content of the statement just made by the Palestinian Observer. In view of the fact that his statement was well prepared, I particularly regret the use of terms such as “silly” and “stupid”. I believe that we should conduct the business of this important body in a parliamen…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for this month, and to congratulate your predecessor, the representative of Mauritius, for his most able leadership.
The people and Government of Israel are committed to negotiating a peaceful settlement to the c…
Allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and to express our sincere appreciation to the representative of Jamaica for her excellent stewardship of the Security Council during the month of November.
The past two weeks have seen an incredible es…
The Government of Israel is proud to lend its support to the draft resolution entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”.
Israel is of the view that athletic competition, undertaken in a spirit of mutual respect, fairness, and good sportsmanship, is an ideal…
Listening to this debate is somewhat an Orwellian experience, where day is night and night is day, and good is bad and bad is good. Member States that are known to support terrorism, to abuse human rights, to be brutal dictatorships, have the
audacity to level baseless allegations against my countr…
The debate on this agenda item has largely amounted to a steady stream of allegations levelled against Israel by representatives of regimes that are themselves widely recognized as guilty of atrocities far worse than those of which Israel stands accused.
Incredibly, the representative of Syria woul…
Israel is deeply aware of the grave humanitarian consequences of the irresponsible use of landmines. Accordingly, the Government of Israel attaches particular importance to actions aimed at preventing and minimizing human suffering in this regard.
We long for a day when civilian life will be free f…
The State of Israel supports the initiative to reform the Security Council. It is our belief that more equitable representation and greater transparency in the work of the Council can only serve to increase its credibility and effectiveness.
Since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, and eve…
The Egyptian representative referred to Israel as a democratic State. Israel is indeed a democracy, in a hostile and undemocratic neighbourhood. It continues to uphold democratic standards in the face of relentless violent assault on its very existence. Rather than attacking Israel, the
Egyptian re…
It is most unfortunate that the debate on the culture of peace has been used by the representative of Egypt to inject the rhetoric of violence and blind anti-Israeli hatred into this Hall. It is unfortunate, in particular, because Egypt knows better. Egypt knows full well Israel’s commitment to peac…
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 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 …
