Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, has criticised the Israeli ambassador’s wearing of a yellow badge during the UN Security Council session.

Gilad Erdan displayed a yellow star on his chest as he addressed the UN, provocatively pledging to wear the badge until members of the body condemn Hamas “atrocities”. The move has come to symbolise the oppression of Jews since its imposition in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan said he was “sorry to see” the move by the Israeli delegation in New York.

“This act disgraces the victims of the Holocaust as well as the state of Israel,” Dayan said in a Hebrew-language post on X, formerly Twitter.