UNIFIL is helping to lay the groundwork for the next wave of ethnic cleansing and genocide to be perpetrated against Israel. From Gillerman: UNIFIL Failures Set Stage for New Conflict: UNIFIL soldiers assigned to maintain the cease-fire that ended the Second Lebanon War of 2006 are not carrying out their mandate and are potentially laying the groundwork for another round of violence between...
Gillerman to UN: Israel Will Defend Itself
By equating the death of innocent Israeli Amnon Rosenberg from a barbaric Hamas attack with the death of a palestinian girl from an Israeli defensive measure, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sanctions palestinian violence. To equate aggression with defense is immoral. From Gillerman to UN: Israel Will Defend Itself: Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman, launched a formal complaint...
Israel: UN Human Rights Council Is “Morally Bankrupt”
From Israel: UN Human Rights Council Is “Morally Bankrupt”: Israeli UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman told the UN’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural) Tuesday that the moral bankruptcy and numerous shortcomings of the dysfunctional Commission on Human Rights continued in the new Human Rights Council. He said real burning situations were not reflected in Council...
New UN Secretary General Says He Will Work toward Captive IDF Soldiers’ Release
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday told Dan Gillerman, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, that he would do everything in his power to ensure the abducted Israeli soldiers are released. Gillerman reiterated Israel’s demand for a sign of life from the soldiers. Gillerman told Ban, ‘The UN needs to deal more with the Iranian threat.’ Ban replied that denying the...
Haveil Havalim #95 – Thanksgiving Edition
“Hinei ma tov uma na’im shevet achim gam yachad.” “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is to be united like brothers and sisters in one family and one community.” — Psalm 133:1 Folks, I am pleased to host this edition of Haveil Havalim, the weekly round up of posts from all over the JBlogosphere. There were lots of great submissions to choose from this week...
Asking the Scapegoat to Take One for the Team
From Asking the Scapegoat to Take One for the Team: Born of the ashes of Hitler’s World War II, the UN has now returned to scapegoating the Jewish state. On Friday at the UN General Assembly, Israeli ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman was talking about his country’s attempts to deal with the ongoing rocket attacks from Gaza, which resulted in a horrific error that killed 19 innocent...
Israel’s Ambassador Rebukes France
From Israel’s Ambassador Rebukes France: In an interview on Saturday, Israeli envoy to the UN Dan Gillerman was highly critical of France, which was particularly active in supporting a UN resolution condemning the errant shelling in Beit Hanoun in Gaza. The UN General Assembly on Friday passed a resolution condemning Israel with 156 countries in favor, seven opposed, and six abstentions...
Is anyone listening?
Israel urged all UN member states to denounce and reject Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s renewed call for the destruction of the State of Israel. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Israel’s UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman Monday called Ahmadinejad’s latest comments a violation of the UN Charter and an incitement to genocide and racism. Gillerman said it was...
Danny Gillerman righteously slams the UN
Israeli schools teach their students that on November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted to end British rule in Israel, and approved the foundation of two states – one Jewish and the other Arab. The Jews in Israel rejoiced over the decision, while the Arabs wholeheartedly rejected it. Several years ago the Assembly decided to transform this date into a day of identification with the...
Israel seeks seat on Security Council
For the first time since Israel joined the UN, it has begun the process of applying to the Security Council. Israeli ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman met with fellow members of the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) on Monday and told them that Israel intends to submit its candidacy as a member of the Security Council. The official request will be submitted within a few days. Israel joined...