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Israel UN ambassador, during meeting on Palestinian statehood, holds up picture of Hitler with Grand Mufti
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations spoke out forcefully against the notion of Palestinian statehood during a U.N. Security council meeting on Monday, going so far as to suggest that the U.N. had backtracked on its original goal of preventing the spread of Nazi ideology by supporting Palestinian statehood.
While speaking in the General Assembly, Erdan held up a World War II-era photo of Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, speaking with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
Al-Husseini, whom Erdan described as «one of the founding fathers of Palestinian nationalism,» was an enthusiastic Nazi supporter whose anti-Semitism was well documented. The Grand Mufti had pleaded with Hitler for assistance in getting rid of the British Mandate and the Jewish immigrants coming to the Holy Land – requests that were ultimately turned down.
Gilad Erdan shows a picture of Hitler meeting the Grand Mufti Haj Amin Al-Husseini during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on April 8, 2024. (UNTV)
Erdan said the Palestinians’ goal of annihilating the Jews was clear long before the establishment of the U.N. or the State of Israel in the years following World War II.
«And from then until today, the root of this conflict has not changed. It is not a political conflict or about partitioning land,» Erdan said. «It is solely about the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews.»
Erdan accused the U.N. of committing itself to «reinforcing modern-day Nazi Jihadists [by] considering forcing the establishment of a Palestinian terror state.»
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«This won’t be a regular state – it will be a Palesti-Nazi state. An entity that achieved statehood despite being committed to terror and Israel’s annihilation. If Hitler was alive today, he would be singing the U.N.’s praises,» he said.
The U.N. Security Council met Monday to revive the Palestinian Authority’s hopes of joining the United Nations as a full member.
The Palestinian Authority administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Its forces were driven from Gaza when Hamas seized power in 2007, and it has no authority there.
Hitler receives the Grand Mufti of Palestine, with whom he speaks about future relations between Germany and the Arabic world, December 12, 1941, Germany – Second World War. (Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
After years of failed on-and-off peace talks, the Palestinians have turned to the United Nations to fulfill their dream of an independent state. Israel says such steps are an attempt to sidestep the negotiating process. The country’s current right-wing government is dominated by hardliners who adamantly oppose Palestinian statehood.
Supporters of the Palestinians’ request for full membership in the United Nations asked the U.N. Security Council last week to revive its application for admission submitted in 2011.
The Palestinians’ fresh bid for U.N. membership comes as the war between Israel and Hamas that began on Oct. 7 nears its sixth month and the unresolved decades-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains in the spotlight after years on the back burner.
The Security Council decided to make a formal decision on Palestinian U.N. membership this month and a committee that weighs membership applications will meet again on Thursday.
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Members of its U.N. delegation reiterated Monday that the Palestinian Authority needs to exert control over all the Palestinian territories and negotiate statehood with Israel before it wins statehood.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release after Hamas’ ‘humiliating’ treatment of hostages, Netanyahu says
Israel will delay the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange in protest of Hamas’ «humiliating» treatment of hostages, according to Israeli officials.
The release of 620 Palestinian prisoners, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Sunday morning, Netanyahu’s office issued a statement condemning Hamas propaganda generated during the exchange.
«In light of Hamas’s repeated violations, including the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and the cynical exploitation of our hostages for propaganda purposes, it has been decided to delay the release of terrorists that was planned for yesterday until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies,» the office’s statement said.
The statement came after reports of Hamas fighters exploiting Israeli prisoners while they were being released. On Saturday, five of the six freed hostages were accompanied by armed militants in front of a crowd, including three Israeli hostages who posed alongside terrorists.
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Palestinians gather as Hamas fighters escort Red Cross vehicles ahead of the handover of Israeli hostages in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Saturday. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov and Eliya Cohen were among the hostages forced to pose with the terrorists. Shem Tov was also forced to appear cheerful, kiss two militants on the head and blew kisses to the crowd.
The three also wore fake army uniforms, though they were not enlisted when they were captured by Hamas.
In another recent ceremony orchestrated by Hamas, four coffins were placed in front of a caricature of Netanyahu with a banner that said, «The war criminal Netanyahu & his Nazi army killed them with missiles from Zionist warplanes.»
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Palestinian Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Thursday. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)
Speaking to Fox News Digital, Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon called the gesture «evil and depraved.»
«For 16 months, Israel has been fighting a deranged terrorist organization that places no value on human life, especially if it is Israeli or Jewish — all while international institutions like the U.N. refrained from condemning Hamas and formally demanding the immediate return of our hostages,» Danon said.
The United Nations also condemned the coffin incident.
Israelis stand under placards with photos of hostages during a Feb. 10 rally marking the 24th birthday of Alon Ohel, who is held hostage by Hamas at hostages square. (Eyal Warshavsky/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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«Under international law, any handover of the remains of [the] deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,» the United Nations Geneva said on X, attributing the quote to High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
The Associated Press and Fox News Digital’s Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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