Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan put the UN Charter through a paper shredder on Friday as the UN Generally Assembly supported a bid for Palestine to become a full UN member.
Erdan blasted his colleagues for wanting to “advance the establishment of a Palestinian terror state led by the Hitler of our time.”
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From USA Today:
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour, speaking just before Erdan, deplored the death toll in Gaza and cited the anti-war protests at Columbia University as he implored the assembly to vote “Yes.” In the face of a looming Israeli invasion of Rafah, he said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “ready to kill thousands more for his political survival.”
Humanitarian officials told USA TODAY aid shipments to Gaza has slowed to a trickle as Israeli troops battled fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the eastern part of Rafah and Israeli jets dropped bombs. Israel has ordered an estimated 100,000 residents − roughly the population of Burbank, California − to evacuate for their own safety.
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The UN is irrelevant.
Live: Furious Israel ambassador shreds UN charter during debate on Palestine membership https://t.co/Os6sWyX5Nt via @USATODAY— Jont Trubek (@JontTrubek) May 10, 2024
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