Israel slams UN chief's calls to boost protection of Palestinians
Tehran (KNA) - he Israeli regime has rejected calls by the United Nations chief to boost protection of Palestinians against persisting Israeli atrocities on protesting civilians in Gaza Strip and the occupied territories, demanding action against Palestinian leaders instead.
"Instead of delusional suggestions on how to protect the Palestinian people from Israel, the UN should hold the Palestinian leadership accountable for the harm caused to its own people," said the Israeli UN envoy Danny Danon in a statement issued on Saturday in response to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' proposed measures to better protect the Palestinians.
"The only protection the Palestinian people need is from their own leadership," Danon further claimed in his statement, blaming the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority for inciting "its people to demonize and attack Jews," as well as the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement for using "the people in Gaza as hostages."
In his 14-page report, which came after Israeli regime forces killed two more Palestinians in Gaza on Friday, the UN chief laid out four options -- from increasing aid to the Palestinians, sending UN rights monitors and unarmed observers to deploying a military or police force under a UN mandate.
Source: PressTV