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Libyan envoy stands by"‘Israeli"-Nazi comparison
Source: AFP, 25-04-2008
UNITED NATIONS: Libya's deputy UN ambassador insisted Thursday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is actually "worse" than what happened in Nazi concentration camps, a day after similar remarks sparked a walkout of Western envoys in the Security Council. "It is more than what happened in the concentration camps because there is the bombing, daily bombs in Gaza," Ibrahim Dabbashi told reporters. "It is worse," the Libyan diplomat added, pointing out that there were no such bombings on concentration camps during World War II.
He said he made the controversial remarks in Wednesday's Security Council debate "as an argument" to buttress Libya's case that the 15-member body needed to act to end the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
"I think if those statements are correct, they reflect a degree of historical ignorance and moral insensitivity that is one of the large reasons why this council is unable to act on Middle East issues and why peace in the Middle East is so difficult," US Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolff retorted.
"To compare the situation in Gaza, with all its difficulties, with concentration camps in Nazi Germany is as I described ... historically inaccurate and fundamentally at odds with efforts to try to make peace in the Middle East," he told reporters.
Libya is the lone Arab member on the 15-member council and acts as a spokesman for the Arab group at the UN.
Wednesday's Western walkout came as council members failed to reach agreement on a compromise statement on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. In previous months, the council had several times tried and failed to agree on a statement regarding the crippling ‘Israeli' siege of Gaza.
Earlier Thursday, ‘Israel' hailed Western diplomats for their UN walkout a day earlier.
"They did what was called for in such a situation and we applaud that," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel. ‘Israel' imposed a punishing blockade on Gaza after Hamas movement seized control of a security situation that had been spiraling out of control in the Palestinian territory in June, ousting forces loyal to pro-American Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
UNITED NATIONS: Libya's deputy UN ambassador insisted Thursday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is actually "worse" than what happened in Nazi concentration camps, a day after similar remarks sparked a walkout of Western envoys in the Security Council. "It is more than what happened in the concentration camps because there is the bombing, daily bombs in Gaza," Ibrahim Dabbashi told reporters. "It is worse," the Libyan diplomat added, pointing out that there were no such bombings on concentration camps during World War II.
He said he made the controversial remarks in Wednesday's Security Council debate "as an argument" to buttress Libya's case that the 15-member body needed to act to end the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
"I think if those statements are correct, they reflect a degree of historical ignorance and moral insensitivity that is one of the large reasons why this council is unable to act on Middle East issues and why peace in the Middle East is so difficult," US Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolff retorted.
"To compare the situation in Gaza, with all its difficulties, with concentration camps in Nazi Germany is as I described ... historically inaccurate and fundamentally at odds with efforts to try to make peace in the Middle East," he told reporters.
Libya is the lone Arab member on the 15-member council and acts as a spokesman for the Arab group at the UN.
Wednesday's Western walkout came as council members failed to reach agreement on a compromise statement on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. In previous months, the council had several times tried and failed to agree on a statement regarding the crippling ‘Israeli' siege of Gaza.
Earlier Thursday, ‘Israel' hailed Western diplomats for their UN walkout a day earlier.
"They did what was called for in such a situation and we applaud that," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel. ‘Israel' imposed a punishing blockade on Gaza after Hamas movement seized control of a security situation that had been spiraling out of control in the Palestinian territory in June, ousting forces loyal to pro-American Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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