Michael Oren calls on Israel to ‘sever Jerusalem’s ties with the UN’

Deputy Minister for Diplomacy Michael Oren calls on Israel to sever Jerusalem’s ties with the United Nations.

“As the UN denies Israel’s bonds with Jerusalem, Israel must sever Jerusalem’s ties with the UN,” he tweets as the UN General Assembly discusses a resolution condemning the US’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

“We must evict the UN from the scenic Governor’s House, where it’s bloated staff does nothing, and give this historic site to a school, a hospital or, best yet, a new US embassy,” Oren (Kulanu) says of the United Nations headquarters in Jerusalem.

As the UN denies Israel’s bonds with Jerusalem, Israel must sever Jerusalem’s ties with the UN. We must evict the UN from the scenic Governor’s House, where it’s bloated staff does nothing, and give this historic site to a school, a hospital or, best yet, a new US embassy.

— Michael Oren (@DrMichaelOren) December 21, 2017

— Raphael Ahren

* This entry was updated, and its headline changed, after Oren clarified his position to The Times of Israel. While he tweeted that “Israel must sever Jerusalem’s ties with the UN,” he did not mean, as originally reported, that Israel should withdraw from the UN, but rather that Israel should evict the UN from its Jerusalem headquarters.