The Guardian view on the UN and Israel: the Middle East crisis increases its challenges | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : His role is to mobilise resources, via UN agencies, and to use his platform as a pulpit.
46% : But 10 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine the contempt radiating from Mr Erdan's announcement that UN representatives would be refused visas because "the time has come to teach them a lesson".
39% : "Israel has long argued that it is unfairly treated at the UN.
34% : He also denounced what he called clear violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza and said that the attacks by Hamas "did not happen in a vacuum.
34% : The Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, turned on the secretary general so strongly that the criticism, rather than the plight of civilians in Gaza and growing calls for a ceasefire, dominated headlines.

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