Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Saturday rejected a UN resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip stating that “Israel intends to eliminate Hamas just as the world dealt with the Nazis and ISIS.”
The move came shortly after the UN General Assembly approved a resolution on Friday that called for an immediate “durable and sustained humanitarian truce” in Gaza. The resolution passed with 120 votes in favour, 14 against and 45 abstentions.
“We reject outright the UN General Assembly despicable call for a cease-fire,” Cohen wrote on X.
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“Israel intends to eliminate Hamas just as the world dealt with the Nazis and ISIS,” he added.
Jordan, acting on behalf of Arab countries, had proposed a General Assembly resolution calling, among other things, for a humanitarian ceasefire after the smaller more powerful UN Security Council failed to take action, despite the rising death toll from Israel’s continued bombardments.
The resolution condemned “all acts of violence against Palestinian and Israeli civilians, including all acts of terror and indiscriminate attacks, as well as all acts of provocation, incitement and destruction.”
It also demanded that “all parties immediately and fully comply with their obligations under international law.”
It is pertinent to mention that in 1949, the State of Israel was admitted to the UN as its 59th member and Palestine remains a non-member observer as the majority of the 193 members of the General Assembly voted to grant Palestine non-member observer status in 2012.
