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Diplomats Urged to Reject UN Gaza Report
(Jerusalem Post) Gil Hoffman - Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid on Wednesday sent a letter condemning the UN Human Rights Council's report on the 2014 Gaza war to ambassadors from 30 countries on the council, stressing that when it comes to security issues, there is no coalition or opposition in Israel. "It is time to draw a clear line in the sand in the campaign against Israel," Lapid said. "This report and the farcical process accompanying it are just another step in the attempts to destroy the State of Israel by diplomatic means. Those who stand behind the ongoing campaign of delegitimization are not seeking a Palestinian state alongside Israel but a Palestinian state instead of Israel, or rather on the ashes of Israel." "This report undermines the legitimacy of sovereign states to defend themselves against an enemy that has no respect for international law," Lapid wrote. "During Operation Protective Edge the IDF did more than any military in history to protect innocent civilians. I sat in the Security Cabinet as we spent numerous hours discussing ways to reduce civilian casualties against an enemy who intentionally placed women and children in harm's way and used them as human shields."