Israeli UN Envoy Blasts Calls for Calm at Security Council

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan excoriated Security Council members for a false even-handedness in responding to the recent clashes between Palestinian rioters and Israeli police at Har Habayis. Erdan was indignant at the urgings for calm from “both sides.”

“From both sides?! Who are the sides?!” Erdan asked at a press conference ahead of the Council’s monthly meeting to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reported by The Times of Israel.

“On the one side, we have the mobs of bloodthirsty terrorists, calling to murder Jews, carrying weapons into their places of worship, throwing firebombs and rocks from mosque windows, and shooting firecrackers from within their holy sites.

“On the other side, we have a law-abiding democracy, which ensures the freedom of worship for all, is committed to protecting holy sites, and shows respect and restraint before using minimal force only when necessary to protect others.”

“And calls are made for calm from both sides? How detached from reality has the international community become?”

To illustrate his point, Erdan showed footage of Palestinians hurling rocks and shooting fireworks at Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound over the past week and a half.