Danny Danon
Danny DanonIsrael National News

Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations, MK Danny Danon, told Reshet Bet radio in an interview on Saturday that Israel must exact a price from Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who initiated the resolution against Israel at the United Nations.

The resolution, which was approved late on Friday by a majority of 87 to 26, calls on the International Court of Justice to give an opinion regarding the legal consequences of the Israeli "occupation" of Judea and Samaria.

Danon said in Saturday’s interview that Abbas is using "diplomatic terrorism" against Israel and added that the political-security cabinet must meet and decide what price to exact from Abbas.

"We can make it difficult for them and hurt them. It should be done," stressed Danon.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said ahead of Friday’s vote, "The outrageous resolution calling for the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice is a moral stain on the UN and every country that supports it. No international body can decide that the Jewish people are ‘occupiers’ in their own homeland. Any decision from a judicial body which receives its mandate from the morally bankrupt and politicized UN is completely illegitimate.”

“The Palestinians have rejected every peace initiative, while supporting and inciting terror. Instead of pushing the Palestinians to change, the UN is doing the opposite: helping them to harm the only vibrant democracy in the Middle East which recently signed 4 peace agreements with Arab countries. We will not take part in this disgraceful show of lies," he added.

Ambassador Erdan continued, "The decision to hold a vote that deals with Israel on Shabbat is another example of the moral decay of the UN, which prevents Israel's position from being heard in a vote whose results are predetermined."

In light of the voting time taking place on Shabbat, Ambassador Erdan announced that he would not speak at the meeting and that the United States Mission to the UN would vote against the proposed resolution on behalf of the State of Israel.

Abbas’ office said following Friday’s vote, "This vote is a testament to the support of the entire world for our people and their indisputable historical rights. President Mahmoud Abbas thanks all the countries that stood by the Palestinian and their rights, and all the parties that worked to bring about this decision."