‘The UN has betrayed us’: Israeli ambassador

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Israel’s new UN ambassador accused the global body of pummelling his nation with unfair and disproportionate criticism since the October 7 onslaught, leaving the country feeling betrayed.

“We feel that the UN has betrayed Israel,” Ambassador Daniel Meron told AFP in an interview on Tuesday as the fighting with Hamas in Gaza and Lebanon’s Hezbollah has increased fears of a wider Mideast conflict.

Meron said his country had long been striving “to find a way to work with the UN, despite our ongoing criticism”.

“We would have wanted to continue that,” he said, but now “we don’t have any trust anymore in the UN”.

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