The Israeli government charged this Friday against the UN for including the country on the “list of shame” for violations of children’s rights during conflicts, and defended that his Army is “the most moral in the world.” This list, which is prepared every year, includes countries such as Afghanistan, Burma and Somalia, as well as groups such as Boko Haram or the Islamic State (ISIS).
“The UN put itself on the blacklist of history today when it joined the supporters of the Hamas killers. The Israel Defense Forces are the most moral Army in the world and no delusional decision by the UN will change that,” the prime minister said in a brief statement. Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Foreign Ministry reported that its ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Gilad Erdanhad received an official message from the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, informing about the inclusion of Israel on that list.
“The person who entered the blacklist is the general secretarywhich encourages terrorism and whose decisions are motivated by hatred of Israel,” the ambassador said in a statement. This list, which includes Israel for the first time, is attached to the annual report prepared by the Office of the Secretary General on the situation of children in armed conflicts and must be presented to the Security Council next Friday.
The Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, condemned Guterres’ move and warned that it “will have consequences” for Israel’s relations with the UN. “It is an act of vileness by Guterres, who observed a minute of silence in memory of the president of Iran who executed tens of thousands of innocent people. He will be remembered in history as an anti-Semitic general secretary who chose to ignore Hamas’ sexual crimes. and Israel’s right to self-defense,” Katz said in a message on X.
The UN Secretary General publishes a report every year in which he lists the violations of children’s rights in twenty conflict zones around the world and identifies in an annex those responsible for these violations, the so-called “list.” of shame”, which includes cases of murdered and maimed children, recruitment, kidnapping or sexual violence.
Last year the Russian armed forces and armed groups “affiliated” with Moscow were added to the UN’s “list of shame.” But this was not the case for Israel, much to the chagrin of human rights organizations that have been calling for its inclusion for years. The report noted “a significant decrease in the number of children killed by Israeli forces, including in airstrikes,” between 2021 and 2022. But the war between Israel and Hamas changed the situation.
