GOVERNMENT

Gilad Erdan

Ambassador to the UN

Gilad Erdan, Israel's Ambassador to the UN, has retained a sharp focus throughout 2023 on the world organization's double standards towards Israel, as well as the presence in its corridors of arch-foes of the Jewish state like Iran. Among the numerous blows that Erdan has countered was a resolution from the UN Human Rights Council following the October invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists that condemned the loss of Palestinian lives without mentioning the atrocities inflicted on Israelis. "Israel just suffered the gravest human rights atrocity since the Holocaust," Erdan said. "How many dead Jews does it take to justify a proportionate response against a genocidal terror organization? Is it 1,000? Six million? Maybe it’s 10 million — the population of Israel? This is, after all, Hamas' publicly declared goal. So I ask you, how many murdered Jews does it take for you to support Israel's right to self-defense?" Erdan also added that Israel will "continue to protect itself" and that the council had been making "false, immoral comparisons." (Photo: Wikimedia / Creative Commons License)