Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday that the international organization has “disproportionate” view of Israel.
The statement was a polite dig at the United Nations’ constant accusation that Israel always retaliates disproportionately to Hamas rocket and missile attacks.
The Prime Minister also reiterated that Israel’s ”red lines” for accepting the Palestinian Authority as a country are that it be demilitarized and that the PA recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
The Prime Minister also reminded Ban of Israel’s need to act freely to defend the country from a;; threats.
“There is no justice in the fact that the standard applied to Israel is different than that applied to other countries. Israel did not direct its attacks against civilians, and the UN’s conduct toward Israel is disproportionate, Prime Minister Netanyahu, accompanied by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, told Ban.
“Netanyahu complained that the U.N. Human Rights Council is not focusing its inquiry on Hamas, which used U.N. facilities in order to fire at Israel, and asserted that Israel would struggle against this. He added that the Council was biased against Israel and defends Hamas,” according to a statement from Netanyahu’s office.
He “declared that there was no justice in the fact that the standard applied to Israel was different than that applied to other countries and pointed out that 200,000 civilians have been slaughtered in Syria.”
Netanyahu added that the UN’s conduct toward Israel was disproportionate and stressed that Israel did not direct its attacks against civilians.”
The total inability of the United Nations even to carry out the terms of cease-fire agreements with Israel can be seen in the 2006 agreement, to which Netanyahu referred when he pointed out to Ban that Hezbollah was in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 by continuing to build up its arsenals.
Netanyahu told Ban that Iran is continuing to work towards achieving the ability to arm itself with nuclear weapons.
Ban certainly heard the Prime Minister. It not certain he was listening.