‘Journalist or terrorist’: Israeli envoy accuses UN of amplifying Hamas ‘lies’ on world stage

After Palestinian terror groups’ acknowledgement that multiple supposed journalists killed in the Gaza war were among their ranks, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon uses his time at the UN Security Council for a quiz of “Journalist or terrorist?”

“Israel is condemned again and again and again,” Danon tells the council. “A claim is made against Israel. The UN repeats it and then the world condemns it. Then when the truth comes out — it takes time, sometimes weeks, months, years — no apology, no correction, no retraction. They move on. We will not move on.”

Danon holds up several photos of ostensible members of the press killed in Gaza, before flipping them to reveal their role as combatants.

עיתונאי או מחבל?
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“The same propaganda campaign was repeated here by New York City’s mayor. Mr. [Zohran] Mamdani stood before a crowd… He said Israel killed an Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Wishah,” Danon said.

“Mr. Mamdani, we have the video, we have the evidence. This is Ahmed Wishah, the one that you condemned us for eliminating,” he said, flipping the photo to show Wishah sporting a jihadist headband and a rifle. “A Hamas terrorist, a sniper in Hamas’s military wing.”

The envoy went on: “This is the machine. Hamas makes a claim, the NGO ecosystem, rapporteurs, briefers, all repeat the lies. Then a UN report rubberstamps it, the world’s media broadcasts it, and Israel is condemned before the facts are even checked.”