In an unprecedented move, Hagai El-Ad, Director of “B’Tselem,” will appear before the Security Council. Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, accused Mr. El-Ad of “collaborating with Israel’s enemies" and pledged to "defend the truth against his lies."
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to hold its quarterly discussion about the Middle East on 18 October 2018. The discussion will include an overview of the current situation by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, as well as speeches by Ambassador Danon, Riyad Mansour and United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, who will participate for her last time in this debate.
The Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, who is also serving as President of the Security Council this month, has invited the Director of B’Tselem, Hagai El-Ad, to address the Council during the debate, as a representative of civil society, and this will be the first time that he will participate in an official and influential Security Council debate.
In response to this move, Ambassador Danon stated, “B’Tselem, which has already proven that it cooperates with Israel’s enemies, is now working with a country that has called IDF soldiers ‘murderers.’ This is a shame and a disgrace for the organization. It is also crossing a red line for foreign countries with anti-Israel agendas to finance and invite this organization to deliver ‘testimony’ against us.”
“Therefore, in this discussion, we will expose not only the lies and incitement of the Palestinians, but also those of Hagai El-Ad and B’Tselem. We will continue to defend Israel and the truth,” added the Ambassador.