Israel fumes as UN commission censures ‘apartheid’

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations slams the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), after the commission releases a report accusing Israel of “apartheid.”

“The attempt to smear and falsely label the only true democracy in the Middle East by creating a false analogy is despicable and constitutes a blatant lie,” says Danny Danon in a statement. “It comes as no surprise that an organization headed by an individual who has called for boycotts against Israel, and compared our democracy to the most terrible regimes of the twentieth century, would publish such a report. We call on the Secretary General to disassociate the UN from this biased and deceitful report.”

Danon was referring to ESCWA Executive Secretary, Rima Khalaf, a Jordanian national.