Israel's UN Envoy Accuses World Body of Legitimizing Israel's Destroyers at Auschwitz

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, led a delegation of dozens of UN ambassadors to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland on Wednesday. During the visit, Danon strongly criticized the international community's stance on Iranian threats against Israel, accusing it of hypocrisy between Holocaust remembrance and granting legitimacy to regimes within international institutions.

"As we stand on this land soaked in the blood of our six million brothers and sisters, the Iranian terrorist regime continues to call for the destruction of Israel," Danon told the diplomats. "The international community cannot whisper 'Never again' while simultaneously granting legitimacy at the UN to those who incite hatred and murder," he added.

The visit is part of an Israeli initiative to bolster the fight against antisemitism within the UN and globally. This year's focus was on the practical activities of the working group against antisemitism, established at Danon's initiative. The German Ambassador to the UN, Ricklef Beutin, was among the participants.

Danon emphasized that the visit to Auschwitz should enable diplomats to grasp the historical consequences of anti-Jewish hatred and better understand current dangers. "The international community must see with its own eyes where hatred leads," he insisted. "We cannot fight today's antisemitism without understanding its historical significance."