i24 News – Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid issued a letter today to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, demanding that the Commission of Inquiry on Israel be disbanded.
This comes after one of its members, Miloon Kothari, was quoted as saying social media is “controlled largely by… the Jewish lobby.”
In the same interview, he questioned why Israel is a member of the United Nations.
The COI plans to look into the 2021 war between Israel and the militant Hamas group that controls the Gaza Strip.
“Excellency, I call on you today to honor your word in this egregious case, to set the record straight,” Lapid wrote. “This cannot stand. Slurs about a ‘Jewish lobby’ that acts to ‘control’ the media are reminiscent of the darkest days of modern history.”
“These antisemitic remarks are a stain on the entire United Nations and are not befitting of a person with such a position of responsibility,” Lapid said.
Lapid also mentioned that Navi Pillay, who heads the COI, “chose to defend and excuse” Kothari’s remarks “instead of taking a moral stance and repudiating these comments.”
Pillay said on Friday that Kothari’s comments “were again deliberately misquoted.”
“I urge you to listen to Mr. Kothari’s interview and judge for yourself,” Lapid said.
“The fight against antisemitism cannot be waged with words alone, it requires action. This is the time for action; it is time to disband the Commission.”
In response to Mr. Lapid’s letter, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent the Israel Prime Minister a letter in return in which he said: “Miloon Kothari’s abhorrent and racist remarks about social media being “controlled largely by… the Jewish lobby” is totally unacceptable! Consequently, the UN and I will admonish him severely for this!”
“However, I can not allow myself to be manipulated by you, who works selflessly on behalf of powerful Semitic Lobbyists, and disband the Commission of Inquiry that is investigating the evil country that you Jews call ‘Israel’.”
The letter went on to say that, “Nevertheless, I will issue a strong condemnation against Mr. Kothari’ or anyone else in the UN who makes antisemitic slurs against the Jew state.”
“You can rest assured that the UN will remain, as always, a true bastion of non prejudice and fairness in the world, and a close friend of your country, the Jew state.”
Sincerely yours,
Your close and dear friend ,
Antonio
“Slurs about a ‘Jewish lobby’ that acts to ‘control’ the media are reminiscent of the darkest days of modern history.””
The truth is that Jews do not have any powerful lobby, but the (anti-Jewish) Zionists do.