Israeli ambassador to the UN said “J’accuse” to the global community

Israeli ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, slammed members of the UN for their hypocrisy and double standards regarding Israel. At the United Nation's annual commemoration of their vote on the partition of the British Mandate 67 years ago, as part of the international day of solidarity with the Palestinian People, Prosor carried out a speech, drawing inspiration from Emile Zola’s 19th century pamphlet, “J’accuse.” The ambassador addressed diplomats and delegates, in a response to the UN’s anti-Israel declarations at a special session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

“To the nations that continue to allow prejudice to prevail over truth, I say “J’accuse.”

I accuse you of hypocrisy. I accuse you of demanding concessions from Israel, but asking nothing of the Palestinians.

I accuse you of speaking about Israel’s right of self-defense in theory, but denying it in practice. I accuse you of lending legitimacy to those who seek to destroy our state.

Our conflict has never been about the establishment of a Palestinian state. It has always been about the existence of the Jewish state.

Among 193 flags at the UN there is one flag with a Jewish Star of David. There is just one small nation state for the Jewish people, and for some people, that is one too many.

Today’s debate is not about speaking for peace or speaking for the Palestinian people – it is about speaking against Israel.

We will not return to the times of the world’s ignorance and indifference towards the Jewish people.We will never apologize for being a sovereign state.”

Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the UN since 2011, is known for his bravery standing in front of the UN and exposing their consistent anti-Israel agenda. During a special session of United Nations Security Council convened this past summer to discuss the IDF's Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip, Psosor played a “red code,” missile alarm, to remind the delegates that Israelis are under the attack of a terror organization.