An Israeli man blinded by a Palestinian terror attack that claimed five members of his family, urges the UN Security Council to take action against Palestinian Authority stipends to terrorists and their families.
Oran Almog, who was ten years old in 2003 when a suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa killed his father, grandparents, brother and cousin, chastises the council at a meeting in New York today that deals with the tensions surrounding the Temple Mount.
“The Security Council is holding a discussion on the Middle East, but one of the most important subjects, the funding of terrorism by the Palestinian Authority, will remain outside this discussion,” says Almog, who is invited to address the council by Israel’s envoy Danny Danon.
“The Palestinian leadership is paying salaries to terrorists and their families every single month. Anyone who believes in the value of human life should act against these payments,” he adds.
Danon charges that “the murderous attack in Halamish [on Friday] did not happen in a vacuum. This terrorist committed a heinous crime following rampant, relentless calls by Palestinian officials inciting violence.”
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon addressing the UN Security Council with Oran Almog sitting behind him. (UN Photo/Manuel Elias via Israel’s mission to the UN)
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