Tzipi Hotovely
Yahoo News, Dec. 10, 2023
‘… making any such call while Hamas still has its arsenal as well as 137 Israeli hostages, is like saying to Israelis that you do not mind if October 7 happens again, particularly given that the leadership of Hamas has publicly said that it would carry out October 7 “again and again”.”
Fifty-seven days. That’s how long it took for the UN Women organisation to condemn the widely documented acts of rape, mutilation and sexual violence carried out by Hamas against Israeli women.
A full 57 days for the international body to recognise that Jewish and Israeli women were victims of systematic and premeditated acts of sexual violence on October 7.
UN Women ignored the testimonies of gang rape, it ignored the video of a young, dazed Israeli girl being dragged in her bloodied underwear, it ignored the eyewitness testimonies of girls and young women from the Nova music festival who saw acts of rape. It ignored all of this and more for 57 days.
The silence from UN bodies focused on humanitarian issues and human rights was shameful, but this episode did not occur in a vacuum. The UN’s anti-Israel bias is clear for all to see.
This year, the UN General Assembly has adopted 15 resolutions singling out Israel for criticism. All other countries in the world combined have had six resolutions passed against them, with just one resolution condemning each of Iran, North Korea and Syria.
Earlier this week, the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, his latest call for a ceasefire at a time when Hamas still has significant military capabilities.
Let me be clear: making any such call while Hamas still has its arsenal as well as 137 Israeli hostages, is like saying to Israelis that you do not mind if October 7 happens again, particularly given that the leadership of Hamas has publicly said that it would carry out October 7 “again and again”.
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