Israel blasts UN chief for condemning ‘occupation’

Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon criticizes UN Secretary-General António Guterres for his earlier statement marking the Six Day War in which he decried the ongoing “occupation” of Palestinian territories.

Danon says that attacks on Israel by its neighbors did not begin in 1967, and that “any attempt at a moral equivalency between killing innocent people and the building of homes is absurd.”

Instead of spreading “Palestinian misinformation,” the UN should stick with the facts, Danon added. “It is preposterous to blame terror and violence in the Middle East on the one true democracy in the region,” he said. “The moment the Palestinian leadership abandons terror, ceases to incite against our people and finally returns to direct negotiations, then real progress can be made towards peace.”