Israeli Ambassador Challenges UN Security Council Over Hamas Propaganda Tactics

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, replaced his usual speech at the UN Security Council with an ironic quiz aimed at exposing how the UN adopts Hamas propaganda. Presenting enlarged images to council members, Danon asked whether the individuals shown were "terrorists or journalists" and "UNRWA workers or Nukhba commanders," highlighting Hamas’s use of international organizations and journalistic cover to shield its military activities.

Danon cited intelligence-based cases where the UN and human rights groups blindly accepted Hamas’s false narrative, portraying armed militants as legitimate media personnel or UN aid workers. He also criticized local politics in New York City, revealing that Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently echoed Hamas propaganda by publicly describing a senior Hamas military operative as an "innocent journalist" allegedly killed by Israeli forces. Danon emphasized how such fabricated stories from Gaza infiltrate Western mainstream politics without fact-checking.

Further, Danon sharply condemned the UN Secretary-General’s periodic report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334, calling it fundamentally flawed for relying on unverified data and Hamas propaganda rather than objective security assessments. He criticized the automatic condemnation of Israel within UN bodies while ignoring terrorist groups that destabilize the region. Danon concluded by urging the international community to stop amplifying Palestinian and Iranian terror propaganda and to apply real pressure on Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, which he identified as the true sources of violence in the Middle East.