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Source: https://www.jns.org/israels-un-envoy-ends-tenure-serving-most-moral-country-in-the-world/
Israel's UN Envoy: Iran Interprets Silence of UN as Green Light to Attack Israel
(JNS) David Isaac - Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan concluded his four-year tenure in a ceremony in Manhattan on Monday organized by Israel's UN delegation and the UJA-Federation of New York. He said, "Many times I have been asked how I can come to work every day in a place where there is so much hatred and hypocrisy against Israel. My answer is simple: It is easy to defend Israel because if you know the truth and believe in it, you hold your head up proudly even in the face of continuous criticism and attacks. I know the good that I represent - the most moral country in the world, Israel." Erdan also warned of the continuing danger to Israel of the Islamic Republic, which together with its proxies "are threatening to attack Israel from every direction," and criticized the UN for ignoring Tehran's stated intentions. "Even today, when Iran openly threatens to 'punish' Israel, the UN is silent. Iran interprets the silence of the world and the UN as giving a green light to attack Israel, which is just like the shameful silence of the world when the Nazis decided at the [1942] Wannsee Conference on the genocide of the Jewish people."