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Erdan

lines on the record: 378
first: 2021-07-28
most recent: 2023-12-29
sittings or episodes: 26
sources: un-security-council

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“Building permits in our homeland spark international uproar, while dead Jewish children elicit nothing. That is an utter disgrace. Council members are all aware of the huge extent of illegal Palestinian construction throughout Area C in Judea and Samaria, in flagrant violation of international agreements. One can see it on the ground. Why is that never discussed by the Council? Today’s meeting should have been wholly dedicated to the innocent Israelis recently murdered: Ilya Sosansky, Shaul Hai, Irina Koroleva and Rafael Ben Eliahu, murdered in cold blood by a Palestinian terrorist as they were exiting a synagogue on the holy Sabbath. Fourteen-year-old Asher Natan, who had just finished Friday night dinner with his family, was also brutally murdered in the attack.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“How many times has that violation been condemned here in the Security Council? Zero. This institution is merely another means for the Palestinians to unilaterally try to impose their twisted demands on Israel without any negotiations or dialogue, in order to bring about Israel’s destruction. Israel will not complacently come to terms with another terror entity on our borders that aims to obliterate us. We will never accept that. Over the past weeks, Israel has been mourning the deaths of 11 recent victims of terror and injuries to dozens of civilians, not terrorists. Shockingly, however, we are not here today to condemn the Palestinian acts of terror that led to that loss of life. This meeting was once again initiated to condemn Israel, this time for issuing building permits in already existing communities — already existing.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“It is difficult to understand what the Council truly expects Israel to do when faced with a terror authority that constantly strives to delegitimize it and that in many of its areas, including of course Gaza, has lost control to Hamas, a designated terror organization. The members of the Council continue to sit here expressing concerns and dismay only about Israel’s response to Palestinian terror, while the most significant violator of any agreement is sitting right here across from me. How did the Palestinians achieve the status of an observer State? Is the Council not aware that the Palestinians committed to refraining from taking any unilateral steps to change their status without negotiations and agreement? They have violated all the agreements, despite not meeting even the most basic necessary requirements.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“As candies were being distributed to crowds of Palestinians celebrating the dead Jews, Ata Abu Rumeileh, the Fatah Secretary of Jenin, referred to the attack as a heroic operation. Where are Council members’ concern and dismay for those celebrations of murder? Where are they? It was not by chance that Amin Al-Husseini and the Palestinian leadership at the time were close allies of Hitler and later led the rejection of the United Nations partition plan in 1947. Nothing has changed since then. The Palestinians’ main goal has remained the same — preventing the existence of a Jewish State.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“Yet today the Palestinian Authority not only refuses to take real action to prevent terrorism, for many years now it has also actively stoked the flames of violence. By glorifying terrorists and paying them money, the Palestinian Authority is breeding a culture of hatred and evil that makes reconciliation impossible. The evidence is irrefutable. The Palestinian culture of hate and terror is real. How can the Council justify ignoring it and never addressing it? And despite the horrific acts of Palestinian terror carried out in recent weeks, the Holocaust-distorting Mr. Abbas refused to issue even one word of condemnation — not one word — after innocent Jewish worshippers were murdered outside a synagogue. While President Abbas continued to say nothing, officials of Fatah, his party, praised the attack. We all saw the photos.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“The Palestinian Authority under Arafat and today under its malicious President Abbas has incentivized the murder of innocent Israelis while rejecting every peace agreement that has been brought to the table. Those are the facts. The members of the Council all understand that the Palestinian authorities’ support and incentivization of terror are fundamental breaches of the agreements and international law in question, and that they are the main roadblocks to peace. Until Palestinian children are no longer brainwashed into hating and murdering Israelis, sadly, blood will still be needlessly spilled in our region. The Palestinians’ most fundamental commitment was their obligation to combat terror.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“They are taught from a young age that the Jewish State has no right to exist. Their evil seeps into kindergartens, educating them in the belief that martyrdom is the only way. The members of the Council can see that for themselves. Yet none of the dismay and concern expressed in the Council’s joint presidential statement (S/PRST/2023/1) is directed at that Palestinian incitement. The Palestinian Authority is a terrorist entity that in 2022 alone rewarded killers and their families with $175 million for killing Israelis, to which I draw the attention of the representative of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East if she needs money. The members of the Council are all familiar with the Palestinians pay- for-slay system, yet they are willing to let it continue without condemnation.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“A few weeks ago, a young Palestinian girl recited a poem: “Daddy gave me a present, a machine gun and a rifle. When I am big, I will join the Liberation Army. The Liberation Army taught us how to defend our homeland. We will achieve victory over America and Israel.” Amal, the Palestinian girl in question, recited that moving poem on air, and it was publicly broadcast on an official Palestinian Authority television channel. Tragically, little Amal is only one of countless other young people whom the Palestinian Authority has indoctrinated to hate and murder. The Palestinian Authority runs a monstrous propaganda campaign that would make Goebbels and Hitler very proud. They have poisoned the minds of generations, teaching them that violently murdering Jews means infinite glory.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“They continue calling for the murder of Israelis. They continue to glorify terrorists and they continue to pay funds to killers. Then, after all the hatred and bloodshed, they show up here at the Security Council and put on a show, playing the victim. I have a message for the Palestinian representative: his charade is up. I see right through his lies and, soon enough, so will the entire Council.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“Lies are already being spread against Israel’s new Government, but we must all remember that every peace plan ever presented — no matter by which Government or American Administration, right- wing or left-wing, Republican or Democrat, Clinton or Trump — has always been rejected by the Palestinians. Each and every Member State that chooses to support the Palestinians and their one-sided, biased resolutions and statements against Israel must remember that supporting Palestinian lies serves only to further escalate and inflame the situation on the ground. By supporting those falsehoods, they prove to the Palestinians that unilateral measures and their continued rejectionism work. When they strengthen the Palestinians’ resolve here on the global stage, their will to continue on the path of incitement and violence is also being strengthened.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“Yet, with the adoption of General Assembly resolution 77/247, the Palestinians stabbed any chances for dialogue or reconciliation in the heart with a knife. They proved that they are not interested in dialogue. I would like to recall that I warned Member States of that during the vote on the resolution (see A/77/PV.56). I said in the Fourth Committee that unilateral steps would be met by unilateral steps and that Israel must defend itself against those threats. Despite the disproportionate focus on demonizing Israel and singling us out, Israel is absolutely not the root of the conflict. The only thing that has ever impeded a solution has been the Palestinians’ constant rejectionism.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“When Israel is faced with a threat of terror, Israel acts to defend itself, as any country would. Therefore, when we were faced with the Palestinians’ latest one-sided act of multilateral terror, we refused to stand idly by. Each measure that was taken by Israel in response to the destructive General Assembly resolution was not only justified and legal but also should have been taken a long time ago. For example, offsetting funds paid to terrorists by the Palestinian Authority — their “pay to slay” — is a law in Israel and understandably so. It is not a new law but part of the justified strategy to fight terrorism and any incentives to terrorism. Nevertheless, the only reason Israel held off on implementing those measures was because we did not want to harm the chances for dialogue.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“Not only does it ignore Palestinian incitement and terror and Hamas’ control over Gaza, but it is also worded in such a way that Israel’s guilt has been predetermined. All that is left for the International Court of Justice to do is decide the severity of the punishment. Moreover, there were no substantial or real negotiations on that General Assembly resolution, as members are all aware. Just as the Palestinians presented Israel with an ultimatum, the resolution was presented to the international community as a fact. The resolution was accepted and the vote was held. The automatic anti-Israel majority was exploited and the destructive resolution was adopted. That is how the Palestinians succeeded in manipulating and weaponizing the International Court of Justice in their jihad war of multilateral terror against Israel.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“Let us not forget that, while addressing the General Assembly in September 2021 (see A/76/PV.12), President Abbas brazenly threatened Israel on the global stage. In the same vein of consistent Palestinian rejectionism, he set forward an ultimatum: either Israel gives in to 100 per cent of the Palestinians’ demands — forget negotiations or mutual concessions — or he will turn to the United Nations in order to abuse the power of the International Court of Justice. If threatening Israel with an ultimatum is not a unilateral step, then I do not know what is. One year later, President Abbas followed through with his threat. He exploited the politicized anti-Israel majority of the United Nations to adopt a resolution representing the epitome of unilateral measures. It is only necessary to read resolution 77/247 to understand what I mean.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“The Palestinians have mastered another terror tactic: by manipulating and weaponizing international organizations, the Palestinians aim to force Israel to give into all of their demands. That is multilateral terror. The Palestinians have co-opted the biased anti-Israel majority at the Human Rights Council — another example — to dedicate one third of its commissions of inquiry into investigating Israel. The Palestinians have also added the International Criminal Court to their arsenal of multilateral terror weapons, and now General Assembly resolution 77/247 to manipulate the International Court of Justice is the most recent example of their multilateral terror, which is part of a carefully planned strategy. It is a unilateral step to use multilateral terror.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“One of the weapons that they use in this jihad war is the manipulation and abuse of international bodies. They weaponize these bodies in order to force Israel into surrendering to their demands — to 100 per cent of their demands. But when faced with such a threat, Israel will not remain idle at the sidelines. From their endless incitement and funding for terror to the glorification of terrorists and constant rejectionism, the Palestinians are clearly not interested in peace, dialogue or negotiations. They are interested only in using any kind of terror to erase the Jewish State from existence. Yet, terror comes in many forms. At its core, terrorism is a means by which to scare people into capitulating to demands. This can be achieved through physical acts of violent terror, but it can also be achieved in other ways.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“There were therefore more resolutions targeting Israel than the entire rest of the world combined. No one can dare tell me that there is no institutionalized bias against Israel at the United Nations. To return to the International Court of Justice resolution, this resolution was not just another step by the Palestinians towards resolving the conflict. It was a clear unilateral step initiated by the Palestinians with the sole purpose of destroying Israel as the Jewish State. But this is not news. Destroying the Jewish State has always been the Palestinians’ only goal, and they aim to do so by any and every means. They have been trying to achieve this since — and even before — the founding of the State of Israel, and they continue to try and achieve this objective today.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“They concoct the ideas, pen the drafts and conspire to pass these resolutions with the help of the politicized automatic majority of the United Nations against Israel. This is the foundation of the institutionalized bias against Israel at the United Nations. In a year in which a war is raging in Europe, in which Iran, while murdering and executing protesters, is on the verge of becoming a nuclear Power, in which North Korea test-launched a record number of missiles and in which rogue regimes and terror groups continue to wreak havoc all over the world, this institution saw fit to adopt 15 condemnatory resolutions singling Israel out. Do members know how many condemnatory resolutions were adopted against the rest of the world combined? It was a total of 13.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“According to the Palestinians’ distortion of the facts, an innocent, non-toxic resolution was adopted in the General Assembly, which only requests a non-biased advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (General Assembly resolution 77/247). Yet, without provocation, Israel suddenly decided to implement unilateral measures. That could not be further from the truth. The only unilateral measure taken was the one-sided drafting of such a poisonous and destructive resolution in the first place. The facts are simple, and I assume Council members remember them. The toxic General Assembly resolution 77/247 is merely one of over a dozen anti-Israel resolutions adopted every single year. It is no secret that it is the Palestinians who are behind these biased resolutions.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“Israel does not have a shred of faith in these reports, and I want to make it clear that, from this meeting onwards, I will dedicate most of my speeches to uncovering the falsehoods and distortions in the Palestinians’ libelous claims. I will share the facts with the Council. Therefore, to the Palestinian representative, who appears to have left the Chamber, I say: save your false cries of victimhood. From now on I will use these debates to unmask your lies in front of the world. But the so-called violence and brutality was not the only deception I wish to disprove today. There is another slanderous lie that must be addressed. Over recent days, the international community has once again been co-opted by the Palestinians into supporting another misleading and harmful statement.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“This may have been the deadliest year, but only for Palestinian terrorists, and it was clearly the year with the most terror attacks committed against Israelis and Israeli casualties in a decade. I invite everybody to check every word that I have said. From 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2022, there were 5,434 terror attacks carried out against Israelis, 418 people were injured and 31 people were murdered. Even in the first two weeks of 2023 alone, 22 Palestinian terror attacks have already been committed against Israelis. What the Council has heard is clear discrimination and blatant lies, and that is the information that it is fed before every meeting.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“While Palestinian casualties are distorted and grossly overreported, including momentary injuries such as those triggered by the use of tear gas, Israeli deaths and injuries at the hands of Palestinian terrorists are grossly underreported and ignored. According to the United Nations report presented today, only 20 Israelis were murdered by terrorists in 2022, when, in reality, 31 Israelis were murdered. The same goes for injured Israelis. The United Nations number is 253 injured Israelis, whereas the true number is 418. Discrepancy between the reports and the facts are in the hundreds. Israeli deaths and injuries supposedly do not matter. So, the true number, which the Security Council does not receive, paints an entirely different picture of what is actually happening on the ground.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“According to the letter, Ahmad was shot execution-style by soldiers. But what was Ahmad doing in the moments before he was shot? He was actively trying to grapple with a soldier in an attempt to steal his weapon. Hamdi and Ahmed are no chance examples. The vast majority of Palestinian fatalities and casualties are not innocent civilians minding their own business. They are terrorists, neutralized during acts of violence. Now do Council members see why context is crucial? When only half of a story is told, it is not a half-truth that is created, but rather a full lie. But the fabrications of statistics tragically do not end with that.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“The claims are just accepted as is. Additionally, these reports and numbers lack any context whatsoever, and the context is what makes the difference. The result is a compilation of lies and half-truths that tell a fabricated tale. Let me explain what I mean. In his letter dated 17 January 2023 to the President of the Security Council, the Palestinian representative told the story of, for example, Hamdi Shaker Abu Dayyeh, who was supposedly shot and killed in cold blood. Yet what my colleague forgot to mention was that Hamdi, a terrorist whom Hamas posthumously glorified, was an imminent threat. Hamdi was actively shooting at soldiers in the moment when he was killed, and this occurred only one day after he had opened fire on an Israeli bus. Or how about Mr. Ahmad Kahla, who was also mentioned in the Palestinian’s letter yesterday?”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“We have heard it from both the Palestinian representative and from Mr. Wennesland, and we have read it in numerous United Nations reports. Yet these numbers and statistics are not facts, nor are they even close to being factual. They are based on a fundamentally flawed and biased methodology — a methodology of discrimination that Israel refuses to accept because it discriminates against Israeli victims while exaggerating Palestinian numbers. I have personally made this point very clear to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as well as to other official United Nations bodies. When compiling these distorted statistics and false data, the United Nations takes every Palestinian claim of death and injury at face value. No investigations or fact-checking is done, and no steps to verify the truth are taken.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“What we have just witnessed is, as always, an act — an Academy-Award-winning act of false victimization. In both his letter that he sent out just yesterday — as he has done many times before because he does not want us to be able to check the facts — and his searing performance today, the Palestinian representative painted a picture of victimhood, spinning tales of unprovoked acts of violence and brutality and of how harmless and innocent United Nations resolutions have brought about swift and severe consequences from Israel’s side, of course. Yet this charade is a performance of lies. It is a complete falsification of facts and a distortion of reality. It is time for the Council to hear the truth, and I will explain it clearly. Over and over again, we have heard how the past year has been the deadliest year for Palestinians.”
2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246 (2023) · source
“According to Jewish tradition, we believe that the Temple Mount will one day be a place of peace and coexistence. As Isaiah prophesized in the name of God, “Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.” (The Holy Bible, Isaiah 56:7) While, sadly, the Temple Mount is not yet a house of prayer for all nations, it is still the right of every Jew, no matter what title they hold, to at least visit that holiest of holy spots. Jews will continue visiting the Temple Mount, and whoever believes in tolerance and co-existence should support that.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“Or only last month after the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East itself reported that a Hamas terror tunnel was discovered underneath a school? Why do such acts not warrant the Council’s immediate attention, while a Jew’s peaceful visit to the Temple Mount does? When the Council dedicates its valuable time to shows about nothing, it legitimizes the poisonous lies of the Palestinians and, as a result, empowers terrorists to continue in their murderous ways. The Temple Mount holds an unmatched place in my people’s ancient heritage. It is the spot upon which the Ark of the Covenant held Moses’s Ten Commandments and where God resided. The status quo maintains that Jews may visit the site, and it is the right of every Jew to do so.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“If they are a Jew, then that is the core of the issue. It is a matter of Jew-hatred and anti-semitism. For them, a Jew setting foot on the Temple Mount is not only illegitimate, but it also deserves to be met with violence. There are countless security situations that, unlike Minister Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount visit, are truly severe acts of escalation. But for them, the Council did not convene. Why was there no immediate debate following the Iranian attack on the merchant tanker MT Mercer Street, in which Romanian and British nationals were killed? Or after a Palestinian terrorist murdered three Israelis in Tel Aviv last April, an attack that was glorified by Palestinian leadership? Or when Israel exposed proof of Hamas rocket launch pads next to schools in Gaza?”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“Just as the Palestinians weaponize international institutions in their jihad war against the Jewish State, they also weaponize the status quo. They break it at will, while falsely blaming Israel for fabricated changes. They have turned the libellous slogan “Al-Aqsa is in danger” into a battle cry to justify terror against Jews. Yes, some members also mentioned it. The bloodthirsty Arafat used that false claim to legitimize the murder of 1,000 Israelis throughout the second intifada, after the visit of Ariel Sharon. Does it justify that? And now the Palestinian Authority is using the same tactic. Do not give that incitement and violence a free pass. For the Palestinians, the title of the person who visits the Temple Mount does not matter, be they a civilian, a minister or the Prime Minister. All that matters is their religion.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“Who is therefore truly changing the status quo? Rather than protecting the sanctity of the site, the Palestinians have turned the Temple Mount into a battleground. Time and again, the mosques are used as arsenals where terrorists keep rocks and explosives to attack Jewish visitors and security forces. The hallowed ground is used as a platform for Palestinian incitement, poisoning the minds of youth and stoking the flames of violence. There are some countries that believe in religious tolerance and are right now building interfaith complexes where Jews, Christians and Muslims can pray side by side — just imagine. Tragically, the Palestinian terror authority prefers violence over tolerance. They are so intolerant that they not only want to ban Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, but also Jewish visitors. Pure anti-semitism.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“What this is is only one example of Israel’s commitment to protecting the freedom of worship for all faiths. Minister Ben-Gvir’s recent visit to the Temple Mount was not an incursion into Al-Aqsa, or any other fabrication that the Palestinians branded his visit as. Minister Ben-Gvir’s visit was in line with the status quo — and whoever claims otherwise is only inflaming the situation. Jews are allowed to visit the Temple Mount — every Jew, including the minister tasked with the security and safety of the Temple Mount. And as the Palestinian observer mentioned, I know that myself because, as Minister of Public Security, I too visited the compound. By the way, I visited after two Israeli Arabs attacked and killed two Druze police officers. The very fact that this meeting is being held is an insult to our intelligence.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“Just listen to what is really happening on the Temple Mount each and every year. On average, only 30,000 to 40,000 Jews visit the Temple Mount throughout the year. They are permitted to do so from only one specific entrance, on specific days and at very limited hours, in small groups and under heavy security detail. Think about why they need that security, when they are only visiting the site. Meanwhile, every year millions upon millions of Muslims go freely to visit and pray at the site while Israel ensures — and we are proud of it — their safety and security. Do members know that, over the past 55 years, since 1967, three additional mosques were opened on the Temple Mount. Does that sound like an attempt to change the status quo by Israel, or by the other side?”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“Israeli mistakenly thought that, if we gave Jordan administrative and religious authority over the compound, it would ensure that the Israeli-Arab conflict would remain within its political and territorial dimensions, rather than being a religious conflict. In addition, we gave up our right to pray there. Yes, we gave our right because some rabbis — until today — say that, owing to the fact that we do not know exactly where the Holy of Holies in our temple were located — a place where only the high priest was allowed to enter — Jews should refrain from ascending upon the Temple Mount and praying there, to avoid any chance that they would walk upon that sacred spot. That is the reason. That is how the status quo was born. Only Muslims can pray at the site, while Jews and Christians may only visit.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“It was there that God tested Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his son Isaac; where King David built an altar to God; where King Solomon constructed the first holy temple 3,000 years ago; where the second temple was rebuilt 2,500 years ago; and it is the exact point to which every Jew is commanded to pray towards three times a day. This is the holiest spot to my people. We have all heard much about the status quo, but do we thoroughly know what it actually means? From 1948, after Jordan occupied East Jerusalem during Israel’s war of independence, the Jordanians decimated Jewish life in Jerusalem. And despite their commitment, they forbade Jews from accessing our holy sites. Sadly, they also destroyed synagogues and desecrated Jewish cemeteries. In 1967, when Israel liberated Jerusalem, we made an enormous concession.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“These were personal threats that should not be acceptable in the Security Council, but, again, I am not surprised: it demonstrates the Palestinians’ violence. And I am not surprised, because those were the same words of President Abbas: “The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are ours. They are all ours, and the Jews have no right to defile them with their filthy feet”. Is that the way to uphold the status quo? This is blatant incitement and the rewriting of history. Was there an emergency Security Council meeting when those toxic words were uttered? Long before Jesus overturned the money changers’ tables in Jerusalem, or Abdul-Malik built Al-Haram Al-Sharif, the Jewish people have seen the Temple Mount as the centre of our universe.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“They exploit every means — both in words and actions — to promote these lies. At the United Nations, they advance libellous resolutions just like the one adopted in the General Assembly last week (General Assembly resolution 77/247), deliberately erasing the Jewish name of the compound by referring to it only by its Muslim name, Al-Haram Al-Sharif. And, tragically, many Member States submit to these lies despite the indisputable proof and archaeological evidence proving the Temple Mount’s true history. But it goes much deeper than that. This insidious plot comes directly from the top of Palestinian leadership. Council members have heard it in this Chamber. The personal threats of the Palestinian representative speak volumes.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“This is the ideal opportunity to share the truth and facts about the Temple Mount. I would ask my colleagues if they have heard of the Western Wall. I am sure that they have. Do they know what this wall was west of and why is it the most focal point of Jewish prayer? I will tell them why. The Western Wall is the only surviving structure from the compound of the second Jewish temple. Our temple, which was located on the Temple Mount, was the holiest place to the Jewish people, but it was destroyed by others, and we were left with only its western wall. Many do not know this, and I am not surprised. After all, for years now, the Palestinians have orchestrated and advanced a poisonous campaign to obliterate any trace or connection between the Jewish people and the Temple Mount.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“A war still rages in Europe, the Ayatollah regime in Iran is still murdering innocent protesters, as it hurtles towards a nuclear arsenal. Terrorism is still rampant, and totalitarian regimes are still committing atrocities. Yet we are in the Security Council Chamber discussing the peaceful 13-minute visit of a Jewish minister to the holiest Jewish site under the sovereignty of the liberal democracy of Israel. I am sure that at least some Council members see the absurdity of this situation. Sadly, this meeting, which creates a sense of emergency over a non-event, reminds me of the words of the famous comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who described his show as a show about nothing. Nevertheless, if the Security Council decided to convene on this matter, we may as well utilize this meeting for the best.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“At the outset, I wish to congratulate you and Japan, Mr. President, as well as Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, as you begin your terms on the Security Council. When I heard the news that the Security Council, the body committed to promoting and protecting world peace, was holding an emergency meeting over the quiet, orderly and uneventful visit of an Israeli minister to the Temple Mount, I was overjoyed. I figured that if this important body is meeting to discuss such a trivial matter, then we had clearly achieved world peace overnight. There would be no more war and no more violence. After all, why else would the Security Council dedicate its time to such a minor occurrence? Imagine my dismay when I found out that I was wrong.”
2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9236 (2023) · source
“The time has come to brush away all the lies and distortions that consume so much of the Council’s time and to focus on the pressing issues at hand. That is the only way to ensure a future of peace and stability for the Middle East and for the world.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“There is only one way to convince the regime to abandon the race to an atomic bomb — a credible military threat. It worked in 2003 and it will work again today. Only a credible military threat that endangers the Ayatollahs’ reign will prevent the critical danger we will face if Iran becomes a nuclear-threshold State. Only when the ruthless and dangerous extremist forces in our region are deterred will we have peace. Sadly, in the Middle East, peace is achieved through strength. The day that the Council understands and internalizes that valuable lesson will be the day that peace finally spreads across the region. As these monthly debates prove, sadly, arguing over trivial disputes in Israel does not bring reconciliation any closer. Let us look at the bigger and broader picture.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“There is no longer a sliver of a doubt that Iranian weapons are now being used in Europe. Yet the Ayatollahs continue to blatantly deny the truth. They simply lie directly to our faces. That should be a cause for serious concern, especially for those who think that rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is still a good idea. If Iranians continue to lie about their drones, I can assure the Council that they are also lying about their nuclear programme and its goals. Where is the logic in negotiating a nuclear deal, or anything else, with pathological liars, especially when it is such a short- sighted deal that will expire in mere years? But let me be clear, deal or no deal, the Iranian regime will continue with its deadly nuclear ambitions.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“Merely being the source of all regional evil is not enough; Iran has much higher aspirations. Iran’s recent audacious attack against Albania’s cyberinfrastructure is further proof that nobody is safe from the Ayatollahs’ destructive impact. The rogue terrorist regime wishes to export its radical Shiite revolution all around the globe. Now, it is also causing carnage in Ukraine. Today it should be clear to all members that not a single word the bloodthirsty Iranian dictators say can be trusted. As we speak, Iranian attack drones are flying in the skies above Europe, wreaking havoc. Just this week, on a visit to the United States, the President of Israel shared irrefutable proof with President Biden that the drones operating in Ukraine are of Iranian origin.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps recently launched an attack against Kurds in Iraq, killing or injuring dozens of civilians. The most significant threat is that Iran is galloping at full speed towards nuclear weapons. Ever since negotiations began to renew the nuclear deal, it was clear that Iran’s goal was to drag its feet while continuing to advance its military nuclear capabilities. Between its increasingly advanced centrifuges and its growing stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, Iran is closer than ever to acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Let us just imagine how much more emboldened Iran’s terrorist proxies will be when they can operate freely under the Ayatollahs’ nuclear umbrella. However, Iran’s aggression extends far beyond the Middle East.”
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“Aside from the constant threat that Iran poses to maritime trade and shipping routes — we all remember the 2021 attack on the oil tanker Mercer Street, in which British and Romanian crew members were killed — Iran is also the number one global sponsor of terrorism. The regime pours billions of dollars into their terrorist proxies, which are spread across the region and beyond. Between Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza and Hizbullah in Lebanon, thanks to Iranian funding, hundreds of thousands of rockets are currently pointed at Israeli towns and cities. Their sponsorship and weapons-smuggling to the Houthis in Yemen pose a threat both to critical infrastructure and innocent civilians across the Gulf States. But Iran does not only use its terrorist proxies to cause destruction. It also directly uses its own military.”
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“How many more innocent Iranians must die at the hands of the Ayatollahs before action is taken? The regime allows its own people to die of thirst in Isfahan, while it funds terrorism around the world. Iran executes thousands of its citizens, and those who are not executed, killed by the police, tortured, imprisoned or beaten are robbed of their most basic rights. It is no surprise that economic sanctions — I repeat, economic sanctions — do not deter such cruel and bloodthirsty dictators. We can all see how vicious the Ayatollahs are to their own people, but their tentacles of terror reach far beyond the borders of Iran. They endanger us all.”
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“Today the Iranian threat could not be clearer, but we still sit here in this debate focused on the Palestinians’ falsehoods and condemnations. Iran may publicly threaten Israel with annihilation, yet those who suffer the most from the Ayatollahs’ ruthlessness and terror are the people of Iran. Over the past couple of weeks, the murderous Iranian regime has not been able to hide its true colours. Its real face has been exposed for the entire world to see, and its inhumanity is truly undeniable. The regime oppresses women, while murdering them for not wearing headscarves properly. When the Iranian people peacefully protest that brutality, they are suppressed by live ammunition. Hundreds of protesters have been killed, among them children, and thousands have been arrested.”
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“That is not the way to achieve peace. In fact, it makes peace impossible. By continuing along the Palestinian-biased unilateral path, the United Nations, its bodies and many Member States directly perpetuate the conflict. The only way forward is to stop blaming Israel for all the region’s problems. By exclusively blaming Israel, the Palestinians are rewarded for their incitement and terrorism, and chances for peace decrease. While the disproportionate focus of this institution serves only to perpetuate the conflict, it also takes the focus away from the most significant threat to the Middle East, and even the world. For years, Israel has said that Iran is the most critical danger to the Middle East. Yet it seems that our warnings fell mostly on deaf ears.”
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“Over the next couple of weeks, nearly every United Nations Committee will vote on one-sided anti-Israel draft resolutions. That package of draft resolutions, the Palestinian package, virtually takes every issue that this institution deals with and finds a way to condemn Israel on the topic. Shockingly, each year those biased draft resolutions, filled with lies, are adopted with widespread support. The list of anti-Israel United Nations practices is truly endless. This institution’s obsession on focusing all of the condemnation on one side — on Israel — is not only part of the problem, it is the problem. The biased approach of exclusively blaming the Jewish State sends the message that the Palestinians do not have to make a single concession. If Israel is always at fault, then why should they give up a single demand?”
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