Maduro: Netanyahu is a Monster Created by EU, US Empire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a “monster created by the European Union and the US Empire,” and he is committing genocide against Palestine and Lebanon, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday.

Netanyahu “still has the audacity” to give orders to the United Nations to withdraw peacekeeping forces from southern Lebanon, Maduro said, referring to Israel’s call to UN chief Antonio Guterres to move the UN Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) from the Lebanese side of the border.

Five UN troops were injured in a series of incidents last week, the latest of which involved the UN force accusing Israeli troops of forcibly breaching a gate and entering one of their positions, as Israel continues its aggression across Lebanon, killing more than 1,300 people since September 23.

The Venezuelan president described Netanyahu as “the monster created by the European Union and the US Empire,” adding that even Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler did not dare to do what the Israeli Prime Minister is currently doing.

Maduro said what is happening in the Middle East today “is not a conflict, but a colonial project by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe aimed at controlling the region.”

“Netanyahu bombed hospitals, schools, mosques, and refugee camps in Gaza. Is this a war? This is genocide,” the Venezuelan President said.

In late September, Maduro strongly condemned the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, denouncing Netanyahu as “Hitlerish” and criticizing world leaders for their silence.

He expressed Venezuela’s solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Gaza, also drawing comparisons between the Israeli Prime Minister and Hitler.

“We are witnessing the actions of a murderer who only reminds us of Hitler,” he said according to the Quds News Network.

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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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Guterres: ‘We Failed Gaza’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged world leaders to increase support for UNRWA, which provides vital humanitarian services for the Palestinian refugees, especially for those living in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Guterres made his plea at a high-level meeting co-organized by Jordan and Sweden in support of UNRWA, which was held on the margins of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York.

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Gaza’s Situation is ‘Moral Stain on All of US’ – Antonio Guterres

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the humanitarian situation in Gaza is a “moral stain on us all” as the Israeli genocide war enters its 10th month.

During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Wednesday, Guterres repeated his call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza war.

“The humanitarian situation in Gaza is a moral stain on us all,” Guterres added.

The UN Chief also said that Israel’s policy toward the occupied West Bank is dooming any prospect of a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

Through administrative and legal steps, Israel is changing the geography of the West Bank, Guterres said in a statement read by his chief of staff, Courtenay Rattray.

Settlement expansion is expected to speed up due to big land seizures in strategic areas and changes to planning, land management and governance, Guterres added.

“Recent developments are driving a stake through the heart of any prospect for a two-state solution,” said the UN chief.

Israeli military raids, arrests of Palestinians and settler violence have soared in the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem since Israel launched its war on Gaza on October 7.

Guterres noted that Israel has taken punitive steps against the Palestinian Authority and legalized five Israeli outposts in the West Bank.

“We must change course. All settlement activity must cease immediately,” Guterres said.

This article is reprinted from the Al Quds News Network

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