Hosting envoys, Rivlin calls on UN to appoint special envoy to combat anti-Semitism

President Reuven Rivlin has called on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to appoint a special envoy to combat anti-Semitism, his office says in a statement.

The recommendation comes at an event at the President’s Residence in which Rivlin hosted UN ambassadors from 22 countries.

“Unfortunately, the UN treats Israel with bias and discrimination. This year, once again, the General Assembly adopted twenty resolutions condemning Israel, while ignoring the world’s worst human rights abusers,” Rivlin also tells the ambassadors. “The real victims of this bias are the millions suffering from human rights violations around the world, who do not receive the attention they deserve. We are not asking to be immune from criticism. We are asking for equal treatment in the family of nations.”