Israel decries ‘shameful, extreme’ UN resolution commemorating Palestinian ‘Nakba’
“Try to imagine the international community commemorating your country’s Independence Day by calling it a disaster," Israel's ambassador to UN said.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution commemorating “Nakba,” a term used to describe the displacement of some 700,000 Palestinians during the 1948 War of Independence between Israel and Arab states.
Titled “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat,” the resolution passed with 90 votes in favour, 30 against and 47 abstentions and will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of “Nakba” by organising a high-level event at the General Assembly Hall on 15 May 2023, the day after Israel’s Independence Day.
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian envoy to UN, thanked the General Assembly for “finally” acknowledging the “historical injustice that befell the Palestinian people.”
“The people of Palestine deserve recognition of their plight, justice for the victims, reparation for their loss, and fulfilment of their rights. 2022 has been the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the Second Intifada. There is nowhere safe in Palestine, nowhere. There is no one safe in Palestine, no one,” Mansour added.
????Today (30 Nov.),this #GA will finally
acknowledge the historical injustice
that befell the #Palestinian ppl,
adopting a resolution that decides to
commemorate the 75th anniversary
of the #Nakba. It is the historical
injustice that occurred 75 years ago & every day since;(Cont.) pic.twitter.com/RCXwrlmY9i— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) November 30, 2022
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, called the resolution “shameful, extreme, and baseless”, accusing the UN of “helping to perpetuate the conflict.”
“Try to imagine the international community commemorating your country’s Independence Day by calling it a disaster. What a disgrace. The Palestinians’ lies must no longer be accepted on the world stage, just as this body must stop allowing the Palestinians to continue pulling its strings. I urge you all to stop blindly supporting the Palestinians’ libels,” he added.
Today the #UNGA passsed a shameful resolution calling for an official event to commemorate the Palestinian “Nakba” on the 75th Anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. By passing such an extreme and baseless resolution, the UN is only helping to perpetuate the conflict pic.twitter.com/RH3cHVWdT1
— Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) November 30, 2022
The resolution was put forward by Egypt, Jordan, Senegal, Tunisia, Yemen and the Palestinians.
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