{"id":109719,"date":"2024-10-03T00:54:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109719"},"modified":"2024-10-03T00:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:54:53","slug":"israel-katz-israeli-foreign-minister-slapped-down-for-attempt-to-ban-uns-antonio-guterres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109719","title":{"rendered":"Israel Katz, Israeli Foreign Minister, Slapped Down for Attempt to Ban UN\u2019s Ant\u00f3nio Guterres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/israel\">Israeli<\/a> official appears to have gotten a little ahead of himself with an unprecedented sideswipe at a longstanding critic of the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/middle-east\">Middle Eastern<\/a> country\u2019s conduct amid the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I have declared UN Secretary-General [Ant\u00f3nio Guterres] persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country,\u201d Israel\u2019s Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced in a <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Israel_katz\/status\/1841422324890812763\">statement<\/a> posted to X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the decision had been made for Guterres\u2019 failure to \u201cunequivocally condemn\u201d <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/iran\">Iran<\/a>\u2019s recent aerial bombardment of Israel, as well as the senior UN official being \u201cyet to denounce the massacre and sexual atrocities committed by Hamas murderers on October 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katz\u2019s claim was quickly fact-checked, however, by Israeli journalist Yanir Cozin, who <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yanircozin\/status\/1841437929299759580\">posted<\/a> that sources in the relevant authorities had confirmed Guterres was still able to enter Israel using his non-diplomatic passport, and therefore that \u201cthe announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about him has no meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The apparent gaffe comes amid the most significant escalation in tensions across the Middle East since the outbreak of war in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/gaza\">Gaza<\/a> last October, as Israel continues to press on with its invasion of Southern Lebanon after Iran launched roughly 180 ballistic missiles at Israeli targets on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecDef\/status\/1841307317851070812\">confirmed<\/a> Wednesday morning that U.S. destroyers deployed in the Mediterranean had assisted Israel\u2019s Iron Dome defense system in repelling the Iranian barrage.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s little confirmation so far on the extent of damage caused by that attack\u2014with Iran claiming 90 percent of rockets hit their targets and Israel maintaining the vast majority were intercepted mid-flight\u2014though Palestinian authorities in the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/west-bank\">West Bank<\/a> have reported at least one death due to falling debris and fires as the result of successful strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/joe-biden\">Biden<\/a> administration has further pledged its support for Israel\u2019s ground incursion into Lebanon, which has in turn triggered even greater displacement in a country where an estimated one million people have already fled their homes following a series of Israeli airstrikes that all but wiped out the senior leadership of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/hezbollah\">Hezbollah<\/a>, an Iranian proxy, over the course of the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has now vowed retaliation for Iran\u2019s aerial assault on Tuesday, with Netanyahu describing it as a \u201cbig mistake\u201d the Iranian regime will soon \u201cpay for.\u201d Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian meanwhile has hailed the bombardment as a decisive response to the aggression of the Zionist regime,\u201d adding that \u201cIran is not a belligerent, but it stands firmly against any threat\u201d to itself or its proxies.<\/p>\n<p>This fierce rhetorical exchange has fueled already widespread fears the Iranian barrage may well have just pushed the already rapidly deepening crisis in the Middle East past the point of no return, having heaped sand into the gears of diplomatic efforts, announced by the U.S. and <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/france\">France<\/a> just last week, to broker a 21-day stay of hostilities between Iran and Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     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