Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan, who returned to Israel for consultations following what Israeli officials called the UN's attempt to suppress its report this week documenting the mass rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, said in an interview with Israel National News - Arutz Sheva that Israel must have a firm response to the UN's behavior since the massacre.
"We see the crime added to crime by the UN, its officials, and its bodies," Erdan said. "It took five months for the United Nations to recognize the shocking acts of rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas against Israeli women during the October 7 massacre. We cried out and I demanded and insisted that UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence Pramila Patten visit here. She came for an in-depth two-week visit with a delegation that met with and took testimony from witnesses, victims, and even hostages who were returned from Gaza. She wrote a detailed report that indicates that there were sexual crimes. Moreover, Israeli women who are even now being held captive in Gaza may be raped or suffer sexual violence."
"I knew that as part of the UN's attempt at 'balance', she also visited the Palestinian Authority and there they made false claims against soldiers and the IDF and settlers for harassment. She visited there but did not do any inspections and only listened to the lies that the Palestinians told. This report is very important. It proves what we said, that we are dealing with monsters and not with human beings, and therefore the war must not be stopped until Hamas is destroyed so that there will be no ability to again commit such shocking acts," the ambassador emphasized.
According to him, "I came here, after the foreign minister got the impression that after the report came out, nothing was done. We did not hear that the Secretary-General convened the Security Council under Article 99, which he had already used out of concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
He is less concerned about the humanitarian situation of our hostages. The Security Council also did not set a date to discuss the report even while these horrific acts continue. How can it be that the UN and its institutions continue to be silent?"
In his opinion, Israel needs to intensify its measures against the UN, and he also has practical suggestions. "When I see that the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council are not doing anything, I understand that they need to be shaken out of their complacency. I recommended that the Israeli government use different tools - if this silence continues. There is the UN headquarters which is located in Jerusalem in the Commissioner's Palace and there are agencies whose activities have no justification. We can close it and make them come to us and ask what we want them to do."
"Regarding UNRWA, it has been proven that 12% of its employees are members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad, they should be declared a terrorist organization and their headquarters in eastern Jerusalem and Ammunition Hill should be closed. At this point, the Secretary-General and others will ask what happened and what needs to be done," he added.
Erdan said that it is possible to take things a step further. "There is no justification for Israel to continue paying membership fees to the United Nations. We will not immediately lose the right to vote because it is a two-year process. We don't lose there because of a single vote. It sounds like a difficult step - but when the situation is so dire and the UN, which was created after the Holocaust to prevent these atrocities, does nothing - they must be shocked. That's why I wore a yellow patch at the time because otherwise people there don't wake up."
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