While UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres issued an exceptional request on Wednesday December 6 on the situation in Gaza, tensions continue to grow between the Israeli organization. Called to order regularly for 56 years for her “ illegal occupations » of the Palestinian territories, Israel has opted since the beginning of October for systematic aggressive arrests against the organization and its leaders.
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With our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten
THE UN boss invokes exceptional power For push the Security Council to work on a “ humanitarian ceasefire » ? It then only took six hours for the head of Israeli diplomacy to crucify him on his X account, and affirm that leaving him in his post was a “ danger to world peace “. Its ambassador to the UN has already publicly demanded the resignation of Antonio Guterres on the basis of a truncated statement – a first in the history of the organization – and he multiplies the defamatory outputs.
Hostilities have reached such a point that the head of Chinese diplomacy called him to order at the UN Council. And since then, it is the director of the WHO, the director of UN Women or the UN agency for Palestinian refugees who have been vilified by Israeli officials, accused of a lack of impartiality: these criticisms are multiplying like streaks of powder on social networks.
A further step was taken three days ago when Israel decided not to renew the work visa of Lynn Hastings, the humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories. The UN has asked Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to reconsider this decision so as not to disrupt humanitarian operations more than necessary.
In a slight encouraging sign, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has agreed to open in the coming days a second crossing point for humanitarian aid at Kerem Shalom. While Washington conceded on the night of Thursday December 7 to Friday December 8 that no progress had been made in the talks between Hamas and Israel, the Security Council will meet in New York on Friday on the issue. With one objective: the vote on a draft resolution calling for a “ humanitarian ceasefire “.
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