Israel’s Foreign Ministry harshly criticized the UN’s decision to include Israeli entities in the annex to its CRSV report today (Thursday), calling it “shameful and absurd.” In an unusually harsh statement, Israel claimed the UN has become “a politicized and corrupt organization” that abandoned its founding principles and made persecuting Israel its central goal. Following the announcement, Israel said it would sever ties with the UN secretary-general.
The Foreign Ministry emphasized the decision was designed, in their view, to create “fake symmetry” between Israel and the sexual crimes committed by the Hamas terror organization during the October 7 attack. “This is its sole motivation,” the official statement said.
Israel pointed the finger directly at UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who they say is behind “this farce.” The Foreign Ministry recalled his comments after the October 7 massacre, when he said the events must be “contextualized,” and pointed out he whitewashed the involvement of UN employees in the atrocities committed by Hamas.
Israel further claimed it refuted the allegations against it “comprehensively, thoroughly, and unequivocally,” and that the claims are “completely devoid of any factual merit.” The Foreign Ministry accused Guterres of violating “every standard of honesty, integrity, and professionalism” during his tenure. Following these developments, Israel announced an extraordinary step: severing all contact with the UN secretary-general’s office until a new secretary-general is appointed to the organization. It marks another significant escalation in the ongoing confrontation between Israel and UN institutions since the war began.