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UN Ambassador Danon: Hamas Wants "Death over Peace"
(Jerusalem Post) Daniel J. Roth - Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon demanded on Tuesday that the Security Council condemn Hamas for inciting tens of thousands of Palestinians to breach the Gaza-Israel border in order to attack Jewish civilians. "Over the past month, Israel had to defend itself from the violent rioters along the security fence with Gaza," Danon told an emergency meeting of the UNSC. "These were not demonstrations, these were not protest, these were violent riots. They have repeatedly attempted to sabotage and breach the fence with the explicit goal of killing Israelis." Danon accused Hamas of wanting "death over peace," and said, "Hamas has committed war crimes not only against Israeli civilians but also against its own people - turning them into human shields for their own cynical gain. Every casualty that has resulted from the recent violence is a victim of Hamas' war crimes."