Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, in response to the United States blocking a UN Security Council statement on the cessation of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron's (TIPH) mandate said that:
"There is no place in Israel or anywhere in the world for an international force to harm the country in which it operates. Instead of maintaining order and neutrality, TIPH observers used violence, created friction with the civilian population, and interfered with security forces. The United States stands by Israel's right to not renew TIPH's mandate and to act on its own accord to ensure stability, without the help of a violent, biased international force. That the Palestinians want to maintain violent observers in Hebron attests to their intentions."