Posted on 06/22/2014 3:37:00 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday expressed “solidarity” with the families of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, but also hit out at Israel for arresting Hamas terrorists as part of its operation to locate the three teens.
In a statement outlining Ban’s conversation with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the day before, the UN chief stressed “the need to avoid an escalation of tensions in the wake of the recent abduction of three Israeli teenagers and the increased violence and mass arrests in the West Bank.”
According to the statement, in Saturday’s phone call with Netanyahu, Ban “conveyed his sympathy for the abducted teenagers and deep solidarity with their families” but also “voiced concern over the increased violence, mass arrests, and restrictions on movement in the West Bank.”
It was imperative, Ban reportedly told Netanyahu, “not to give in to provocations in a way that seems likely to escalate tensions further.”
Ban called both sides to “show restraint and to observe human rights standards and international law.”
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That useless a-hole should be thrown to his death off the top of the UN. This past week he expressed doubt that the three kidnapped Israeli teens had actually been kidnapped, even though terrorists claimed responsibility. Thanks Eleutheria5.
> Ban Ki-moon on Sunday expressed “solidarity” with the families of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, but also hit out at Israel for arresting Hamas terrorists as part of its operation to locate the three teens.
Send them all packing to Geneva where the other UN building is located.
You are in Israel? Lucky thing.
Maybe it’s Boinky Moon. Hard to say how to pronounce that Korean. Anyway, at least it’s not Binky Moon.
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