Israel Kasnett: The former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations wants to focus on improving relations with the Diaspora, involving the younger generation, drawing more visitors to Israel and alleviating bureaucratic issues with making “aliyah.”
“How dare you slander our efforts? How dare you lie about the brave soldiers of the IDF? How dare you blame them of the spreading the virus? They risk their lives to contain the outbreak for both Israelis and Palestinians.”
The World Jewish Congress and Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has marked the 70th anniversary of the November 29, 1947 UN vote that called for the establishment of a Jewish state, with a reenactment of events in the very structure that served as the UN headquarters at that time.