Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon reacted harshly to the demand by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that the UN boycott Israeli and international companies with ties to Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The High Commissioner also called for the UN to sever all ties with Israeli companies operating in these areas.
“We will fight this despicable initiative and demand that the international community intervene and block this preposterous proposal whose sole intent is to harm Israel. If implemented, it will be sheer lunacy and serve as a badge of shame for the United Nations,” Danon concluded.