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On Oct. 18, B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad addressed the UN Security Council about the situation of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
“You are a citizen of the State of Israel who is serving our enemies,” Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon lashed out at El-Ad after his UN speech. “They are using you against us. IDF soldiers guard you, and you came here to defame them. Shame on you.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the speech by the director of El-Ad as a “disgrace.” Opposition Knesset member Yair Lapid, head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, tweeted, “B’Tselem’s speech at the UNSC was a predictable mix of lies, distortions and propaganda.”
