Netanyahu took the bitter criticism he leveled against the UN Human RIghts COuncil in the UN General Assembly on Monday directly into the office of UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, saying the forum was badly stacked against Israel and defended Hamas.
Netanyahu, according to a statement issued from his office, complained to Ban that the council was focusing its investigation on Israel, rather than on Hamas which used UN facilities over the summer to attack Israel.
Jerusalem, Netanyahu said, will fight against this.
The prime minister stressed, as he did in his speech, that Israel did not intentionally target Palestinian civilians, and was sorry for every civilian casualty. He said that Hamas has taken the local population hostage, and compared the organization to Islamic State. He repeated his position that Hamas carried out a double war crime over the summer: firing on Israeli civilians, while hiding behind Palestinian civilians.
“I will not apologize for Israel having the Iron Dome to protect its citizens,” he said.
Netanyahu also complained that Israel was held to different standards from all other countries in the world. While some 200,000 people have been killed in Syria, he said, there is no proportionality between how much time the UN spends on Israel and on Syria.
Netanyahu was accompanied in the meeting by Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman.
Regarding the Palestinian issue, Netanyahu — who did not mention support for a Palestinian state in his address on Monday — said that there was no change in his position regarding acceptance of a demilitarized Palestinian state that will recognize Israel as the Jewish state, as long as security safeguards were in place that would enable Israel to defend itself against any threat.
He also stressed to Ban, who condemns every instance of Jewish building beyond the 1967 lines, that the conflict with the Palestinians is not over the settlements, but rather over Israel’s right to exist in the region as a Jewish state.
Sounds like Whining and Groveling to me.
Has any commander ever defeated his own forces in a battle before engagement…
I can only think of two.
Obama.
And
Colonel Sanders.
Should we add BB and make it three?
…and another thing!
I am looking at the picture of this creature, and I can’t help but think that some “Jewish artistry”, as described by mr Harris, might improve that expressionless sob ‘s face…
Attaboy! That would show them!!
…and meanwhile, back at the ranch, everybody is marveling at how great the emperor’s new clothes look…
Oy! The spin of it all… 🙁
I don’t know…does anyone else find this statement PARTICULARLY offensive, or is it just me?
Netanyahu will never formally renounce the so-called two state solution. In reality, its a dead letter. Peace isn’t in the offing in this generation.
@ woolymammoth:
Bibi should not take the UNHRC to the Nazis of the UN ICC, which is equally dedicated to the eradication of every Jew on earth. He should act as judge, jury and executioner, launch a commando raid on the Nazis of the UNHRC, and wipe them out.
“Jerusalem, Netanyahu said, will fight against this…”
Ban probably thought to himself, how can Jerusalem fight against it when everyone knows that Jerusalem belongs to the terrorists…Ban should be banned from the UN, in any influential capacity; he is not fair minded and encourages terrorists like a highly respected pre madonna donkey.
Fine Bibi, now take the fight to a higher authority.
May I make a suggestion Mr. PM, I know you read this blog.
Take The UN so called human rights commission and The PA/Hamas to the icc:international criminal court and charge them with accessory to attempted genocide and murder against Israelis and the Gazan human shields.