{"id":501297,"date":"2026-06-19T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/501297\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:40:13","slug":"danny-danon-to-un-official-you-are-part-of-israels-persecution-shame-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/501297\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Danon to UN official: ‘You are part of Israel\u2019s persecution, shame on you’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon<\/a> clashed Friday with Vanessa Frazier, the UN<\/a> secretary-general\u2019s representative for children and armed conflict, after he called for the resignation of Pramila Patten, the secretary-general\u2019s special representative on sexual violence in conflict.<\/p>\n

Danon was speaking at an event when Frazier tried to interrupt him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou caved to the pressure,\u201d Danon said. \u201cYou came to the secretary-general\u2019s obsession with targeting Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Frazier appeared to try to cut him off, Danon snapped: \u201cNo, you will be quiet because I\u2019m speaking now. You spoke, now I speak. You spoke, now I speak. Shame on you. You\u2019re part of the bullying of Israel. Shame on you. You can walk out.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cYou\u2019re part of this obsession. You\u2019re part of this obsession. Ms. Patten was invited here. She chose not to be here. You will allow me to finish my words. Shameful. You are part of this shameful behavior. You are part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danon then told Frazier: \u201cI will speak and you will be quiet. You work for the UN, and you will respect the rule of the UN. Respect the rule of the UN. We will not allow you to bully us. We are a member state and you work for the UN, and you will be quiet now. You will be quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe know why you took this position. We will not allow you to be part of this shameful campaign. I will finish my words. If you don\u2019t want to listen, go out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Danon said: \u201cIsrael was placed on the blacklist alongside Hamas, ISIS and Boko Haram. This is a moral disgrace that will be remembered as one of the greatest stains on Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u2019 legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He accused Patten of backing a political move against Israel without personally examining the evidence and without giving Israel a real opportunity to respond to the allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf verifying the facts is not Patten\u2019s job, then what exactly is her job?\u201d Danon said. \u201cYou knew Israel cooperated. You knew you did not examine the evidence. And yet you chose to stand behind this lie. You should have said no. You should have resigned. You tried to stain Israel. But the stain is not on Israel. The stain is on you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israeli officials said that after Hamas was included on the list, heavy pressure was exerted on UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to include Israel as well.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, Danon and members of the Israeli mission held several meetings with the secretary-general\u2019s representative and her team. Israel submitted documents, data and detailed responses to all allegations raised in reports and drafts sent to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Israel also invited officials from the office to visit and examine the allegations up close. Israeli officials said that despite the information provided and the explanations given, Guterres chose to advance what they described as a political decision and include Israel on the list.<\/p>\n

Following the decision, Israel announced that it was freezing ties with the office of the UN secretary-general and canceling Patten\u2019s planned visit to Israel.<\/p>\n

Israeli officials said they would not maintain contacts with the secretary-general\u2019s office as long as Guterres remains at the head of the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon clashed Friday with Vanessa Frazier, the UN secretary-general\u2019s representative for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-501297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}