Israel says it has started to refuse visas for UN officials to enter the country as row escalates

Israel has said the “time has come to teach the United Nations a lesson” by banning UN officials from visiting the country – in a row over remarks from secretary-general Antonio Guterres that the deadly 7 October attack by Hamas “did not happen in a vacuum” and had to be seen in the context of decades of occupation of the Palestinians.

  • PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The UN, even the US won’t do anything.

    Remember Israel ran a US citizen (Rachael Corrie) over with an armoured bulldozer and attacked a US warship (USS Liberty) suffering zero consequences both times