appassionato, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, spoke in anger before the vote, telling the General Assembly that: “As long as so many of you are ‘Jew-hating’, you don’t really care that the Palestinians are not ‘peace-loving’.
He accused the assembly of tearing apart the UN charter. He then used a shredder to destroy a copy of the charter at the lectern.
"You are shredding the UN charter" says Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan. Picture: Charly TRIBALLEAU /