From the DW:
“German Foreign Minister condemns
UN's treatment of Israel”
Heiko Maas has complained about
the UN's treatment of Israel and said Germany will continue to stand at
Israel's side. Israel is marking 70 years of UN membership. Marking the 70th anniversary of Israel's
admission to the United Nations, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas issued a
statement via Twitter in support of the state founded in 1948. Israel's
"security and right to exist must never be called into question by anyone
anywhere," Maas wrote on Saturday. Maas condemned the UN's treatment of
the Jewish state, writing "Israel is still being denounced, treated in a
biased manner and marginalized inappropriately in UN bodies to this day." "This
state of affairs is painful and unsatisfactory," Maas wrote, saying the UN
was vital to international security and peace. Germany would continue to
"support Israel's legitimate interests, to help strengthen its
representation in the UN and to do our utmost to oppose any attempt to isolate
or delegitimize Israel." Israel has criticized the United
Nations for several years, complaining it is singled out because of its
occupation and settlement on lands claimed by Palestinians.
Settlements and peace
Last Thursday, US envoy Jason
Greenblatt described the UN Security Council's "obsessive" focus on
Israeli settlements a "farce." Greenblatt, who is developing the US
plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, said settlements were not keeping Israel
and the Palestinians from negotiating peace. The council should instead condemn
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for their recent firing of hundreds of
rockets from Gaza into Israel, he said. The Palestinian demand for a two-state
solution is supported by the UN and nearly all of its 193 member states. Last
week, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator called for an immediate halt to the
Israeli authorities' demolition of Palestinian owned property in East
Jerusalem. Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Jamie
McGoldrick said: "Demolitions in East Jerusalem have increased at a
staggering pace over the last month, leaving tens of Palestinians displaced and
others who have lost their livelihoods overnight. This must stop."
^ The United Nations has long
been a platform for anti-Semitic countries (many whom officially call for the
complete destruction of Israel and for "driving the Jews into the
Sea.") With the levels of Anti-Semitism around the world at levels not
seen since the Holocaust every UN member country needs to do more than speak
out against the treatment Israel and the Jews outside of Israel are subjected
to. ^
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