Ban Ki-Moon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of encouraging terrorism. 

Speaking to the UN Security Council in a session on the current situation in the Middle East, Ban condemned Palestinian knife attacks against Israelis, but added that it is “human nature to react to occupation.”

Netanyahu blasted the UN chief for his comments. 

“The secretary-general’s remarks provide a tailwind for terror. There is no justification for terror. Those Palestinians who murder do not want to build a state, they want to destroy a state and they say this openly,” Netanyahu said. 

“They want to murder Jews for being Jews and they say this openly. They do not murder for peace and they do not murder for human rights,” he added. 

Netanyahu then attacked the United Nations as an institution. 

“The United Nations long ago lost its neutrality and its moral force, and the secretary general’s remarks do not improve its standing,” Netanyahu said.