I will be very brief. In reply to the statement of representative of Saudi Arabia made
just now, there is a phrase in Arabic that says, “words are cheap” or “you can say whatever you want” — with full impunity, let us say. I think that the representative of Saudi Arabia proved right now, in talking…
Looking at the empty seats here in the Security Council Chamber, I cannot refrain from asking: where are all of those representatives who made such strong and emotional appeals today and called on the Security Council to act? Why is it that the representatives of Kuwait, Indonesia, Namibia, Senegal …
Israel joined the consensus on resolution 69/312, on the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. We support intercultural dialogue and cooperation. However, we would like to place on the record that we do not view the unified Arab strategy mentioned in the resolution as binding on Israel.
I would like to take this opportunity to respond to comments made by certain delegations during the course of today’s meeting. First of all, it comes as quite a surprise that the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), with members such as Zimbabwe, Cuba, Indonesia and Malaysia, has the audacity to hypocritical…
I would like to reply to the statement made just now by the representative of Saudi Arabia. If we are talking about the situation in the Middle East, we cannot ignore the Saudi Wahabi radicalism that is at the heart of Middle East terrorism. Saudi Arabia supports, finances and supplies arms to terro…
At each and every open debate, the representative of Saudi Arabia uses this platform arrogantly to accuse my country of abusing human rights and violating the freedom of religion. And yet the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a world leader in abusing human rights. In the Islamic State of Saudi Arabia, nin…
The Palestinians have found every possible opportunity to avoid direct negotiations with Israel. They have engaged in a never-ending string of political games, and now they are parading into the Council Chamber with a preposterous unilateral proposal.
I have news for the Palestinians: you cannot ag…
Every year we are forced to listen to the Palestinian observer’s lectures. Every year I know that those lectures have two unmistakable qualities: they are long and they are wrong. Amid the tired accusations, one resounding message emerges: the Palestinian leadership is never at fault. The Palestinia…
I will be very brief. We are familiar with the Palestinian delegation’s selective descriptions of the reality on the ground. They are probably the result of selective hearing. We said it earlier today, we say it in each and every meeting, we say it every day: this is our dream, we want peace.
Unila…
Once again, we have heard serial human rights abusers, such as Zimbabwe, Syria, Nicaragua, Cuba, Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as systematic religious rights violators such as Bahrain, Qatar and — once again — Iran and Saudi Arabia attack my country. President Kennedy once said, “No matter how bi…
Throughout the course of today, a number of Member States have used their time before the Security Council to criticize Israel. In truth, they deserve the criticism. They sit in this Chamber and pour out their rage and grief, when in fact many of those same nations are responsible for much of the co…
I apologize that I have to take the floor again to reply to the second statement by the Palestinian representative. I wish we had heard something new from the Palestinian representative in his second statement other than empty political words. Telling lies over and over again does not make them true…
I am compelled to respond to the Palestinian statement that we have just heard. I must say that I was shocked to hear the Palestinian statement, which conveyed a great deal of hypocrisy and cynicism. The statement was full of lies, aggression and accusations against my Government immediately after I…
The Syrian representative laid the blame today on a long list of States and actors that in her country’s eyes are responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Syria. It is time for the Syrian delegation to hear and face some basic truths.
Syrian representatives do not need the detective skills of She…
Today, representatives from a variety of Arab and other countries have used this forum to launch a range of baseless accusations against my country, referring to our eternal capital Jerusalem. It is truly absurd to hear some of the world’s most
oppressive tyrannies lecture the Middle East’s only tr…
Based on the remarks made earlier today, it would seem that the High Commissioner for Human Rights has a mistaken understanding of the situation in Israel. Her criticism ignored simple facts on the ground.
Only yesterday, Hamas declared that it would not be a party to operations at the Rafah border…
The Syrian representative’s cynical attacks on my country today are just another desperate attempt to divert attention from the real issues before us. The human rights violations occurring in Syria pose a serious threat to stability in that country and throughout the region.
Israel once again share…
