- ARAB NEWS
- 04 May 2024
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DUBAI: Israel said it summoned ambassadors of countries that voted for full Palestinian UN membership at the Security Council on April 18, including the Japanese ambassador.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein said on Saturday Israel will lodge protests with ambassadors of France, Japan, South Korea, Malta, Slovenia, and Ecuador.
As instructed by Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz, tomorrow (Sunday) the Foreign Ministry will summon for a protest talk the ambassadors of the countries that voted in the Security Council in favor of upgrading the status of the Palestinians in the UN.
— Oren Marmorstein (@OrenMarmorstein) April 20, 2024
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The draft resolution voted on Thursday called for the “State of Palestine to be admitted to membership of the United Nations” in place of its current “non-member observer state” status, which it has held since 2012.
France, Japan, South Korea, and Slovenia all voted in favour of the resolution submitted by Algeria, while Britain and Switzerland abstained.
The US vetoed the draft resolution.
“The unambiguous message that will be delivered to the ambassadors: A political gesture to the Palestinians and a call to recognize a Palestinian state – six months after the October 7 massacre – is a prize for terrorism,” Marmorstein said in a post on X.
“Israel will not agree to the establishment of a terror state that will endanger its citizens,” Marmorstein wrote. “It will also be clarified to the ambassadors that instead of making political gestures that reward the Hamas terrorist organization, the countries should apply pressure on Hamas to immediately release the 133 women and men being held hostage.”
Gaza’s death toll from Israeli bombardment has surpassed 34,000, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
