Inappropriate treatment of Israel
Representatives of Jewish organizations sharply criticize the UN
March 8, 2024, 3:53 a.m
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres regularly criticizes Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. Now he is meeting representatives of Jewish organizations in several countries. And they mainly shoot against the United Nations.
Representatives of Jewish organizations from seven countries including Germany, who have joined forces in a “J7 Task Force” to fight anti-Semitism, met for the first time with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York. In addition to concerns about increasing anti-Semitism worldwide, there are also the “inappropriate handling” of the United Nations towards Israel after the terrorist acts by the Islamist Hamas on October 7th and the “delayed and incorrect reaction” to the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas on Israeli women was discussed, it said in a joint press release after the meeting.
The United Nations’ reactions after October 7 were “sometimes very relativizing,” said the managing director of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Daniel Botmann, before the conversation with Guterres. What is now important is what conclusions will be drawn from the recently published UN report. This revealed that there was “probably” sexual violence in the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.
The Hamas hostages were also an issue
The issue of the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip is also important. “It is not appropriate that there are no clear announcements, ideas, concepts or even any influence in this area, but that diplomatic restraint is exercised,” criticized Botmann. Guterres promised his support during the conversation, the statement said.
Last summer, Jewish institutions from Canada, the USA, Great Britain, France, Argentina, Germany and Australia came together in the “J7 Task Force”, primarily to take joint action against anti-Semitism in the future. To this end, experiences are exchanged and new strategies are developed together, as was the case at a meeting under the US chairmanship in New York that just ended. Germany wants to take over the presidency in the first half of 2025.