Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday condemned a statement issued by the United Nations Security Council that expressed “deep concern” over the recent announcement by the Israeli government to legalize nine settlements and build some 10,000 homes in occupied Palestinian territory.
The Israeli president dismissed this statement as “unilateral”, assured that it “denies the rights of Jews to live” in their “historic homeland” and stressed that “it should never have been done.”
In turn, he critically mentioned the United States and said that it “should not have joined” the declaration.
Netanyahu also regretted that the document “does not mention the Palestinian terrorist attacks in Jerusalem in which 10 Israeli civilians were killed,” and stressed that it “ignores the grotesque payment” that the Palestinian National Authority makes to Palestinian prisoners who have been attackers and convicted. for terrorism.
It also considers that the resolution “disparages the evil of anti-Semitism, which has resulted in the killing of millions of people,” according to a statement.
The UN Security Council issued a statement yesterday in which it showed concern about the legalization and extension of Israeli colonies, after the measures announced by Netanyahu’s coalition, also made up of far-right partners who have the deepening of the colonization of the West Bank. as a key element of his political agenda.
