Katz: UN Secretary-General Persona Non Grata, Banned From Israel

Israel has made it clear countless of times that it doesn’t like the United Nations for speaking the truth on Palestine.

This time Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz declared, Wednesday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres a not “wanted person in Israel”, and banned him from entering the country. Why? Katz is now claiming Guterres has not “clearly” condemned the Iranian missile attack on Israel, Tuesday night.

In an Israeli Foreign Ministry statement Katz said “anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn the Iranian criminal attack on Israel is not fit to set foot on Israeli soil.”

Katz goes further saying “this Secretary General who hates Israel, who provides support to terrorists, rapists and murderers, will remain in memory as a disgrace in the history of the United Nations,” according to Al Jazeera.

Katz’s decision was based on the fact as he claims the UN Secretary-General “did not mention the name of Iran and did not condemn it in any way, and did not categorically condemn its dangerous aggression.”

Katz also alleged that Guterres’s comment on the Iranian attack is part of his “continuation of his anti-Israel policy since the beginning of the war”, stressing the UN Secretary-General did not make any initiatives to “declare Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis terrorist organizations”.

Tuesday evening Iran fired about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel, causing human casualties and material damage and closing the airspace, while millions of Israelis rushed to underground shelters as sirens blasted all over Israel.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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“The temporary leadership council announced yesterday that there will be no more attacks on neighboring countries and no missile launches unless attacks originate from those countries against Iran,” Masoud Pezeshkian said in a televised address to the Iranian people.

He also apologized to neighboring countries amid rising regional tensions, saying Iran has “no intention of invading other countries.”

Pezeshkian also dismissed expectations that Iran would surrender unconditionally, saying that those who nurse such hopes “will take their dreams to the grave.”

Iran on Feb. 28 launched missiles and drones toward Israel and Gulf countries that are home to US military assets. Some of the attacks have caused casualties and damage to civilian sites, including ports and residential buildings.

Tehran says the attacks came in response to a US-Israeli military campaign against Iran that has killed hundreds of people, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top military officials. Anadolu

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