UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday accused Israel of being “determined to go all the way” in its war in Gaza and unwilling to engage in “serious negotiations” toward a ceasefire. He went further, calling the situation in Gaza “morally, politically and legally intolerable.”
António Guterres © Mena Today
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday accused Israel of being “determined to go all the way” in its war in Gaza and unwilling to engage in “serious negotiations” toward a ceasefire. He went further, calling the situation in Gaza “morally, politically and legally intolerable.”
But once again, Guterres has revealed his entrenched hostility toward Israel – a stance he adopted openly since the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023. From that day forward, the UN leadership has seemed more eager to condemn Israel’s response than to confront the brutal terrorism that ignited the war.
Israel’s objective is clear and legitimate: to dismantle Hamas, an internationally recognized terrorist group responsible for slaughtering 1,200 people, abducting hundreds of hostages, and terrorizing civilians for years. For Israel, defeating Hamas is not optional – it is a matter of survival.
Yet Guterres insists on framing this defensive war as an immoral act, ignoring the basic truth that Hamas is the aggressor and continues to use Gaza’s civilians as shields.
In doing so, the UN has squandered what little credibility it had left. Instead of standing against terror and supporting the right of a democratic state to defend itself, it has chosen to serve as a megaphone for anti-Israel rhetoric.
Guterres’s remarks only deepen the sense that the United Nations has lost its moral compass. When it refuses to recognize the priority of defeating terrorism, it becomes complicit in prolonging the very violence it claims to condemn.
By Mark Landstrom
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun chaired a high-level meeting Tuesday with Army Commander General Rudolf Hage and members of the advisory team accompanying Lebanon's delegation to the Washington negotiations, as the fifth round of Lebanese-American-Israeli talks enters what he described as a potentially decisive phase.
Lebanon and Israel began a new round of talks on Tuesday in Washington, with Beirut determined to press ahead with direct negotiations even as they appear to be overshadowed by Iran's decision to make Lebanon part of its talks with the U.S.
Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf declared this week that the United States and Iran would jointly "guarantee Lebanon's unity and the integrity of its territories."
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