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Danny Danon

lines on the record: 20
first: 2020-04-23
most recent: 2020-05-27
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-security-council

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“It is not enough to learn new doctrines of urban warfare; we must stop it from spreading in the first place. The Iranian regime poses a threat to civilians all around the world. It aspires to turn every civilian into a civilian in conflict. We cannot let that happen. The Iranian regime must be stopped.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“An alarming number of persons continued to go missing in armed conflicts last year, and the families of the missing were left in despair, not knowing the fate and whereabouts of loved ones. In 2014, Hamas killed and kidnapped Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin. Hamas is also holding Avera Mangistu and Hisham Al-Sayed, two young Israeli civilians who suffer from mental illness. Hamas has refused to provide any sign of life to the families of the men and does not permit visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross. More needs to be done by the Council to ensure the return of Oron, Hadar, Avera and Hisham and all other missing persons. As the Secretary-General’s report rightly states, urban warfare threatens to take the lives of many more civilians.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“We must not allow the Iranian regime to continue down the dangerous road on which it is set. The Iranian regime is the world’s largest sponsor of terror. Any money that the regime gets its hands on is not used to better the lives of its citizens but, rather, is used to the detriment of civilians in the region and around the world. That has been made even clearer during the coronavirus disease crisis, where the regime continues to neglect its citizens as it pursues its military and terrorist objectives. Not only do sanctions on Iran hamper the regime’s dangerous nuclear ambitions, it prevents them from spreading the terror and instability that put millions of civilians at risk. The Secretary-General’s report also touches upon the important issue of missing persons.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“Israel looks forward to cooperating with many more countries and sharing its knowledge and capabilities in order to protect civilians in every conflict around the world. Adjusting the way that we fight to fit the new urban battlefield is not enough. As I said earlier, urban warfare is not the result of modern armed conflict but a key feature designed by terrorist organizations and those who fund them. Therefore, if we wish to rid ourselves of the dangers that urban warfare presents, we must destroy it at the source. We must fight the ideology that preaches that to harm civilians, both your own and those of your adversary, is desirable. We must stop the funding that allows such an ideology to spread around the world and pays for the training enabling it to come to fruition.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“The Iranian regime uses its citizens’ money to train and arm terrorist organizations around the world. It teaches them how to use urban, highly populated areas to maximize the risk to civilians and then how to cynically profit from their death. The regime trains them to use civilians as dispensable pawns. Israel has been dealing with terrorist organizations for decades. Our unfortunate familiarity with urban warfare has forced us to develop new combat doctrines and methods that take into account the complexity of an urban battlefield and allow us to achieve results while minimizing harm to civilians. Israel is a leader on that front and has shared its expertise with many countries now facing the same struggle.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“Unsurprisingly, Hamas, Hizbullah and the Houthis are all supported by the tentacles of terror of the same regime. In fact, the Iranian regime is involved in nearly half of the 10 conflicts that the report blames for injuring and taking the lives of over 20,000 civilians in the past year. Since the outbreak of conflict in Syria, the Iranian regime has spent at least 30 billion dollars to support Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, who has not only targeted civilians but has done so with illegal chemical weapons. The Iranian regime transfers $700 million to Hizbullah and $100 million to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad annually. All are recognized terrorist organizations that put civilians at risk as they turn their neighbourhoods into urban battlefields.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“As the report describes, the methods of the terrorist regimes and organizations recklessly put the most vulnerable in harm’s way. The Houthis in Yemen use tens of thousands of children as child soldiers. Hamas has built ammunition bunkers in the basement of schools in Gaza run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The same children that are put in risk in those schools are then sent to risk their lives with Hamas operatives rioting on the fence with Israel. Hamas also uses hospitals in Gaza for their military operations, putting health-care workers, as well as the sick and vulnerable, at risk. Hizbullah in Lebanon digs terror tunnels from private homes across the border and into civilian populated areas in Israel.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“They cynically use the death of civilians, for which they are responsible, as propaganda against the forces that exercised every measure of restraint possible to minimize harm to civilians. They work to delegitimize the efforts of countries by painting them as the evil enemy in order to gain support at home and around the world. All of that is in addition to their purposeful targeting of innocent civilians. Unfortunately, Israel has witnessed such tactics in action many times, both against itself and against many of the members of the Council and the international community. Terrorist organizations and regimes disregard international law. They do not value human life, they do not care about their own civilians and they definitely do not care about our civilians.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“They choose to operate in urban areas, they choose to put civilians at risk because it serves their interests in a number of ways. Hiding in homes, building bunkers in hospitals and establishing command centres in schools provides them an additional layer of protection — innocent civilians. In using human shields, terrorist organizations know that countries that abide by a moral code will think twice, even three times, before engaging their forces and putting civilians at risk. Those terrorist organizations know that even when all precautions are taken and measures of proportionality are expended, sometimes civilians are still harmed. Yet, they do not see that as tragedy but, rather, as an opportunity.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“In his comprehensive report (S/2020/366), the Secretary-General highlights the great challenges in protecting civilians in urban warfare. He also reminds us of the grim reality that urban warfare will continue to be a defining feature of armed conflict in the years to come. However, while the Secretary-General’s report discusses the threats that stem from urban warfare, it does not discuss the reason for the shift to that new battlefield. It could be understood from the report that urban warfare is the unfortunate and unwanted consequence of modern armed conflict, but that is not always the case. For terrorist organizations and regimes, urban warfare is not a blip but, rather, a feature of a carefully designed strategy to advance their deadly ideologies.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“At the same time, we must not allow the regime to take advantage of this crisis nor permit the establishment of a nuclear-armed terrorist regime. A crisis is not the time for cynical political agendas. Israel will continue to work tirelessly to find a vaccine that will serve the entire world. We will continue to offer assistance to all who need it, no matter their race, gender or religion. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the world with an unprecedented crisis, but it has also presented us with an opportunity to come together. The pandemic has forced us to learn that in the globalized world of the twenty-first century our fates are very much dependent on one another and that there is more that unites us than divides us.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“President Rouhani said so himself at his Cabinet’s economic meeting on 2 April. In reality, the sanctions have no real impact on the regime’s ability to combat the pandemic. The Iranian regime’s attempt to launch a military satellite on Tuesday proves that it chooses to focus on military aggression rather than on dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. The regime continues to develop advanced missile technologies instead of caring for the tens of thousands of Iranian citizens who have been affected by the virus. Israel calls upon the international community to condemn this latest launch and impose further sanctions on the Iranian regime. To be clear, Israel, as always, stands with the Iranian people.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“These actions are shameful and should be met with contempt by the entire international community. These actions will have consequences. Unfortunately, the Palestinian Authority is not alone in taking advantage of the crisis to try and promote the achievement of destructive goals. The Iranian regime has asked for the lifting of the sanctions that were put in place to stop its nuclear and malign regional activities so as to allow them to care for their citizens. However, the regime’s sudden interest in the well-being of its citizens should not be mistaken for actual compassion. It is just another ploy for the regime to profit from its people’s suffering. There is no need to lift sanctions to provide the Iranian people with the medical and humanitarian assistance they need.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“He has made it clear that he prefers hating Israel to helping the Palestinian people. The Palestinian Authority would like to have its cake and eat it too. It happily accepts any and all assistance from Israel and expects it to continue to provide that help even as it incites hatred against us and spreads anti-Semitic libel. This outrageous and destructive behaviour cannot and will not be tolerated. The Palestinian Authority must decide if incitement against Israel is more important than the fruitful cooperation intended to save Palestinian lives. It is absurd for the Palestinian Authority to be willing to sacrifice the important international solidarity that all members of the General Assembly have supported, in order to score a few cheap political points.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“As the Black Death ravaged Europe in the fourteenth century, rumours spread that Jews conspired and poisoned wells, extending the epidemic’s wide reach. In the eighteenth century, the Jews were blamed for the plague in Algeria. In every generation, for every calamity that befalls our societies, people blame the Jews. We are witnessing this again today. I ask the representative of Palestine how he could dare slander our efforts. How dare he lie about the brave soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces? How dare he blame them for spreading the virus? These soldiers risk their lives to contain the outbreak for Israelis and Palestinians alike. The Palestinian accusations are not only shameless lies; they are anti-Semitic. Mr. Mansour should be ashamed of himself. He should apologize for what he has said and what he has written.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“At the same time that it receives Israeli aid and assistance, the Palestinian Authority spreads lies and incitement against Israel in the media and in official letters to the Security Council. Members have received those letters. Although there is never a time to shamelessly lie and seek to incite, there is no doubt that an international crisis the likes of which the world has never seen is an extremely inappropriate time to do so. Yet, even now, the Palestinian Authority cynically works to promote a false narrative. This, of course, is nothing new. During times of crisis and disease, anti-Semitism has always raised its ugly head. For centuries, Jews have been used as scapegoats for the outbreak of diseases.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“In addition to sharing best practices, coordination and training, Israel has also donated large amounts of equipment to the Palestinian Authority, including testing kits, protection kits and other medical supplies. Last month, Israel’s Head of State, President Rivlin, and Chairman Abbas discussed coordination to fight the virus. I wish to remind the Security Council that at its 30 March meeting at which Special Coordinator Mladenov briefed the Council, he and Council members praised the far-reaching measures that Israel has taken (see S/2020/263). Unfortunately, in sharp contrast to our efforts, the Palestinian Authority has chosen a different path. Instead of joining Israel and the rest of the international community in promoting unity and solidarity, it has chosen hatred and libel.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“Israel is also assisting the Palestinian Authority to counter the economic toll of the crisis. Israel has granted thousands of permits to allow Palestinians who work in Israel to continue to do so. Additionally, the flow of goods has continued in order to ensure the adequacy of supplies. In the past few weeks alone, over 600 tons of medical supplies, 25,000 tons of food and 60,000 tons of building materials have entered the Gaza Strip. In terms of medical assistance, Israel is also collaborating with the Palestinian Authority to conduct professional medical training for Palestinian workers, helping to ensure that they have the tools and knowledge they need.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“Israel will continue to work with Governments from around the world to help bring this crisis to an end. In times of crisis, both people and regimes show their true colours, and, while we have witnessed examples of extreme kindness and goodwill the world over, some have resorted once again to their notorious behaviour. They have contaminated the global fight against the pandemic with their petty political interests. Israel has chosen to put politics aside and embrace the spirit of cooperation. We have strengthened our work with the United Nations and the Palestinian Authority in order to mitigate the disastrous effects of the pandemic in our region. We have joined the effort to fund the emergency plan presented by Mr. Mladenov and Mr. McGoldrick.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) does not distinguish between peoples or recognize borders. Although the pandemic affects some groups more than others, no group is immune to its devastating outcomes. That is why a global response is required to contain, mitigate and defeat COVID-19 — one based on unity, solidarity and increased international cooperation. We must all work together to bring this pandemic to an end by offering assistance and support to one another, including the exchange of medical knowledge and best practices. This is not a time for politics, but rather for cooperation. I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm Israel’s commitment to and solidarity with all countries that are fighting this pandemic and to send our best wishes and prayers to people who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and their families.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source