France and Sweden have pushed behind the scenes in recent weeks for Secretary General António Guterres to produce a written report on Israeli construction beyond the Green Line • Ambassador Danny Danon decries United Nations’ anti-Israel “obsession.”
By Ariel Kahana and Israel Hayom Staff
In yet another anti-Israel measure in the United Nations, Secretary General António Guterres is expected to release, for the first time next week, a written report against Israeli settlements beyond the Green Line. The report is an extension of Resolution 2334 and was produced due to pressure on Guterres applied by Sweden and France.
Resolution 2334 determined that Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights were illegal. The resolution was passed during the Obama administration when, counter to longstanding policy, the U.S. abstained rather than vetoing it when it was proposed.
According to the resolution, every three months the secretary-general must provide the Security Council with a report on its implementation. Thus far, the secretary-general hasn’t issued a written report, sufficing instead with an oral report from his Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov. In recent weeks, however, the French and Swedes have pushed behind the scenes for Guterres to produce a written report, exploiting the mass protests on the Gaza border and condemnations of Israel to enlist support from 10 Security Council member-states – the number obligating the secretary general to issue a written report.
Guterres’ report is expected to focus on Israeli construction beyond the Green Line; particularly, among other things, on how many new structures have been built.
Other countries who supported the call for a written report are China, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Holland and Peru. On the other hand, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Poland and Ethiopia abstained from supporting the motion.
“While Israel and the U.S. are leading the condemnation of Hamas’ murderous terrorism against civilians, some elements continue to promote disgraceful anti-Israel measures whose sole purpose is to harm Israel and perpetuate the obsession against it,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon.
On Thursday, meanwhile, American diplomats said the U.S. was poised to quit the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying talks over reforming the forum had failed to meet Washington’s demands.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley publicly told the Council a year ago that Washington might leave the body unless a “chronic anti-Israel bias” was corrected.
Perhaps it’s time to announce that since all that Israel is doing for the benefit of the Gazans means nothing to the critics, then do what the critics are SAYING Israel is doing and cut Gaza off just as suggested above. Maybe hitting the nail on the head with a hammer is what is needed.
I think it’s about God damned time that Israel and the supportive part of the diaspora made the right of Israel to J&S and all of Jerusalem as plain as the noses on the face of the settlement critics. Why is it that even the Israeli government doesn’t make it world-wide absolutely clear that is what is factual, as outlined not only as historical truth, but more importantly, the legal truth traced through mandates, conferences and actual International Law. As long as the truth is ignored – Israel is going to continue to be the “bad guy”.
@ david melech:
100% supported.
from the time this report is written stop all services to gaza, fishing limited to line fishing from the shore. no hydro supply, no water supply, no supply of petrol, medics of any kind, food, concrete,
make the u n + e u + the countries that voted ya for responsible 2334. all services through Egypt, no sea port landing for goods. put notice on all terrorist leaders including those illegals in Ramallah that the gun sites are on them.
no entry of any sort into ISRAEL even if its to hospital in occupied east ISRAEL.
advise all parties regardless of whos moola anything that could, can danger ISRAEL will be voided (tunnel etc). anyone with a weapon 100 mtrs to fence will be shot with no intention to wound.
time ISRAEL wrote a report on u n violations of u n charter articles, of u n + e u violations in area C, u n building violations in JERUSALEM.
write a report on swede and frog support for Nazis, arab terrorist on JEWISH land.
inform u n + e u ISRAEL will ship arab terrorists to e u countries by the boat load.
time for ISRAEL to stop playing nicely nicely as they’ve done with turkey. time for the hard ball pitchers to step up.