The United Nations Security Council gathered on Monday to deliberate over ongoing developments in the Middle East.
Israel’s envoy to the UN, Danny Danon, took the opportunity to sharply call out the international body for its treatment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an aid organization that bypasses Hamas and delivers assistance directly to civilians in Gaza.
“Senior UN officials are threatening organizations operating with the GHF…and promoted false allegations against the GHF about drug distribution and other violent incidents, shamelessly promoting claims made by Hamas-controlled sources,” Danon stated, accusing top UN figures of parroting propaganda from terror-linked sources and undermining legitimate aid efforts.
Danon then pointed to a recent deadly attack against GHF workers. “Three weeks ago, Hamas gunmen murdered clearly identified GHF staff as they were returning from a day of feeding Gazan civilians. The Secretary-General said noting. OCHA said nothing. UNRWA said nothing. Silence in the face of murder is not impartiality; it is abandonment.” His words underscored what he described as a glaring and deliberate indifference from major UN branches.
He also recounted the deeply disturbing murder of Yonatan Samerano, whose remains were dragged into Gaza by an employee of UNRWA. “The United Nations paid the wages of the man who stole Yonatan’s body and dragged him into Gaza. Where are the condolences from the Secretary-General? Where is even an apology from Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini?” Danon asked, pointing to UN accountability—or the lack thereof.
He described how Yonatan’s mother, Ayelet Samerano, came to the United Nations hoping for acknowledgment and justice. “Yonatan’s mother, Ayelet Samerano, came here to this very building and looked Commissioner Lazzarini in the eyes. We demanded accountability. We reminded him that a UN badge must not be a shield for terrorists. And how was she received? With polite nods, but then, with silence. She spoke, and many looked away,” Danon told the chamber, painting a picture of bureaucratic coldness in the face of grief.
Danon concluded his remarks with an emotional indictment: “Now, she has buried her son while the UN buries its head in the sand,” condemning the UN for its moral failure to respond meaningfully to the tragedy.
{Matzav.com}