Gaza – Hamas Official Slams UN Chief Ban’s Double Standards After His Visit In A Hamas Tunnel Uncovered In Israel

    3

    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a tunnel on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border, 14 October 2014. Credit: EPAGaza – Hamas on Wednesday accused UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of hypocrisy and double standards after his visit to Gaza and southern Israel on Tuesday.

    Join our WhatsApp group

    Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email


    Mahmoud Zahar took offense to comments the UN chief made while on a tour of a Hamas infiltration tunnel uncovered by the IDF leading from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel near Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.

    Ban expressed shock at the threats faced by residents of southern Israel, saying “I have repeated the saying that rocket attacks killing civilian population is not acceptable. It should (be) condemned. Nobody should live on the constant threat or fear by these rockets and the penetrating, alarming underground tunnels.”

    Zahar said in response on Wednesday that “the occupation’s arsenal and nuclear reactor are far more dangerous than the tunnel he was talking about.”

    Prior to his visit in southern Israel, Ban toured areas of Gaza, saying, “The destruction which I have seen while coming to here is beyond description. This is much more serious destruction than what I saw in 2009.”

    Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that Ban should take “serious action” to change the situation in Gaza now that he has seen the destruction up close.

    “Ban Ki-moon took part in covering the Israeli massacres in Rafah,” Ma’an quoted Abu Zuhri as saying. “He is demanded to take responsibility toward the victims of the Israeli offensive.”

    He called on Ban to “stop the ambiguity.”

    Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post


    Listen to the VINnews podcast on:

    iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Podbean | Amazon

    Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates


    Connect with VINnews

    Join our WhatsApp group


    3 Comments
    Most Voted
    Newest Oldest
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments
    lazerx
    lazerx
    9 years ago

    Sure the destruction is tremendous, but who caused what?

    If Hamas would never have started a war, no one would be homeless; and if Hamas would just learn to benefit its population, no one would be poor.

    alterknaker
    alterknaker
    9 years ago

    What did the rebbe answer to the rebetzin? BIST OICH GIRECHT

    9 years ago

    any countries foolish enough to sink money into rebuilding Gaza while haMas is still in charge, will get what they deserve when they realize their money has gone to the terrorists themselves to fund new tunnel building and rearming of weapons. Liberal, Jew-hating Idiots.