The UN Secretary General has said he is 'shocked' by the reaction to his comments yesterday, over which the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations called for his resignation.
The UN Secretary General has said he is"shocked" by the reaction to his comments yesterday, over which the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations called for his resignation.
He went on to say it was important to also recognised that the attacks"did not happen in a vacuum" and that the Palestinian people had been"subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation". Writing on social media, Ambassador Erdan called for the UN chief’s immediate resignation. The Israeli Foreign Minister cancelled a meeting he was due to hold with the Mr Guterres yesterday afternoon.
The Israeli mission also said it would be reassessing its relationship with UN staff on the ground in Gaza."I have condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel," he said.
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