Hamas slams appointment of Israeli envoy to senior UN post

“We vehemently condemn the appointment of the Israeli occupation envoy to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, as a vice president of the UN General Assembly”, Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas said in statement.

“This move constitutes a provocation of the feelings of the Palestinian people and peace and justice advocates around the world and an insult to the international community, which have a responsibility of ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine and holding to account its leaders for their crimes and terrorism against the Palestinian people and Arab nations”.

We call on the UN and friendly states supportive of people's right to freedom and self-determination to reverse this heinous decision to preserve human rights and not to grant Israeli war criminals immunity from punishment and accountability before international courts, Hamas added.