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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Outgoing envoy to UN says body’s building ‘should be closed and wiped off the face of the earth’
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan speaks during a Security Council meeting on a resolution that would have recognized the Palestinians as a full UN member state, at United Nations headquarters, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/ Yuki Iwamura)
Outgoing Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan says the United Nations building in New York is “unnecessary” and “should be closed and wiped off the face of the earth.”
In a snippet from an upcoming interview in Hebrew with i24News, Erdan also says: “I’m coming out with a feeling of satisfaction on one hand, of my battle and work here, but on the other hand with great distress and frustration with the fact that this building, which may look nice from the outside, is actually twisted and distorted.”
