Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, slammed the world body in a sparsely attended briefing early Thursday for welcoming into its building a collection of Palestinian Authority terrorists who gathered to mark “50 Years of Occupation” at an official two-day forum funded and sponsored by the UN.
The first speech at the event was delivered by Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
“As we speak, there is an official UN event, taking place right now in this building… sponsored and funded by the UN, full of incitement and hate, aimed at one member state: the State of Israel,” Danon said.
“Fifty years ago this month Israel fought off an all-out attack aimed to destroy the world’s only Jewish state. But after six days of hard-fought battle, we returned to our holiest sites, in Jerusalem, and reunited our divided capital.”
In addition to a group linked to Hamas, a member of a group linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist group also spoke.
It was the PFLP that took responsibility for the deadly terrorist attack that claimed the life of 23-year-old Hadas Malka earlier this month at the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.
The young Border Guard Policewoman had just snapped a “selfie” and sent it with Sabbath greetings to friends as she was standing guard at her post when she was attacked and stabbed to death by one of the three Palestinian Authority terrorists who carried out the attack.
“Instead of joining us in celebration of Jerusalem, the only capital in the Middle East where all religions are free, UN funds are used to host supporters of terrorism,” Danon pointed out.
“The time has come to put an end to this absurdity,” Danon said. “If the UN doesn’t stop this hate, doesn’t halt these lies, the chance for peace in our region will only grow dimmer.”