Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan spoke to i24NEWS [in Hebrew] as he ended his term at the UN this week and prepared to return to Israel and the Likud party.
Expressing his disgust with the “crooked and distorted behavior” of the UN, Erdan said that the “UN should be closed and its building should be wiped off the face of the earth.”
“To that extent?” the interviewer asked. “Yes, to that extent,” Erdan replied.
“This is the building I’ve come to every day for the past four years. This building may look beautiful from the outside but it is crooked and distorted.”
Regarding his future, Erdan said: “I know I have a mission. I see myself in the future leading the Likud after the Netanyahu era.”
On Monday, Erdan published a video showing the fulfillment of his promise to the head of the Shomron Regional Council that he would put up a mezuzah in the shape of the entire Eretz Yisrael on the doorpost of the new UN ambassador’s office.
Erdan in the “crooked” UN building:
Danny Danon, who previously served as the UN ambassador from 2015-2020, is taking over Erdan’s position:
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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I couldn’t agree more with his poor opinion of the UN. I remember when growing up in Brooklyn in the 60’s, it was almost mandatory to take out-of-town visitors to the hallowed halls of the UN. We were so impressed with the entire edifice and what we thought it stood for. However, for more than the last several decades, we would never think of doing so. It doesn’t even register as relevant to anyone we could think of. How low the mighty have fallen!
He speaks emes….useless bureaucracy larded with anti-Semitic career “diplomats” whose only redeeming feature is their patronage of expensive restaurants on the upper East Side. The U.S. vainly attempted to get support for action against Russia after the invasion of Ukraine to no avail. They give meaningless speeches to empty conference rooms and countries like Iran get elected to the Commission on Human Rights. One of the few areas where I totally agree with the Republican efforts to shut it down and defund
The holy Klausenberge Rebbe zy”a used to say all these years ago, that the reason why the UN building is so close to the water is because when moshiach will come it will just topple over, right into the water. May it happen bkarov mamish
MoshiachNow: U’mein v’ U’mein . Please use your connections to remind Moshiach’s advance team that permits from the NYC Buildings Department and the Army Corp of Engineers is required for demolition of structures along navigable waterways such as the East River.