ADL Decries UN Chief's 'Stunning' Bias
By Sarah Leah Lawent, Gil Ronen
First Publish: 10/14/2014, 11:35 AM
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) National Director Abe Foxman expressed on Tuesday the League’s deep dismay at UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s “stunning” bias in his recent remarks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“The Secretary-General showed a stunning lack of objectivity on the issues surrounding the reasons for the recent violence in Gaza and inexplicable silence when it came to the Palestinian policies and actions which brought us to this point in the first place,” Foxman said.
He added: “Mr. Ban’s failure to publicly call on Palestinians to reject violence, recognize Israel’s right to exist and avoid actions which might undermine the hope for reconciliation sends precisely the wrong message. It encourages Palestinian unilateral steps and conveys to Hamas there are no consequences for its murderous terrorism.”
In a letter sent to Ban, the ADL said it was troubled by his failure to take a definitive stance against the PA’s intentions of joining the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Ban said on Sunday that the Israeli “occupation” is responsible for the recent war in Gaza.
“We must not lose sight of the root causes of the recent hostilities: A restrictive occupation that has lasted almost half a century, the continued denial of Palestinian rights and the lack of tangible progress in peace negotiations,” he said, according to AP.
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