Denial of Israel’s Right to Exist Is Anti-Semitism- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in a meeting with senior officials from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, stated that the denial of Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitism. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said this at his office at the UN headquarters in New York City.
At the meeting, Secretary General Guterres spoke against the campaigns to erase Jewish history in the Holy Land. “Denial of Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitism,” he said. “History must be respected.”
The UN Secretary General also discussed the issue of terrorism with the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s founder, Rabbi Marvin Hier. Rabbi Marvin Hier urged the Secretary General to ensure that the U.N. declares terrorism a crime against humanity.
“There needs to be real consequences for perpetrators and supporters of terrorist acts like the recent suicide bombing carnage at a concert in Manchester, England, and the U.N. must declare that this scourge is a crime against humanity,” Hier said.
Guterres expressed his commitment to tackling terrorism, alongside the world body. Hier pointed out that Hamas’ genocidal founding charter and ongoing terrorism are the stumbling blocks to the peace process in the Middle East, not the Israeli settlements.
Posted: JUNE 6, 2017
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