The United Nations Security Council condemned yesterday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv and “underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice.”

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon yesterday sent a letter to the Council asking that they immediately condemn the terror attack.

“The images of carnage resulting from Palestinian terror reached the members of the Security Council. This condemnation is an important, and moral, statement,” said Ambassador Danon. “We call on all the countries of the world to help end these attacks by strongly opposing the Palestinian incitement that directly leads to violent terrorism,” the Ambassador continued.

The Security Council’s statement is their first official condemnation of terrorism in Israel during the current wave of terror that began eight months ago.

The statement condemned “in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, Israel,” and the members of the Council “expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government of Israel.”

The Council’s statement today followed condemnation of yesterday’s attack by a number of world leaders, including Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who said that “there is no justification for terrorism nor for the glorification of those who commit such heinous acts.”

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