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Source: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs//2006/061117_Israel.doc.htm
Israel at UN: "If There Is No Terror, There Will Be No Need for Self-Defense"
[United Nations] The tenth resumed Emergency Session of the General Assembly was being "hijacked, used and abused" by member states who turned victims into accused and terrorists into victims, Dan Gillerman, Israel's Permanent Representative at the UN, told a press conference Friday. Gillerman said the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the Security Council had used the word "occupation." However, there was no occupation. Israel had left Gaza more than a year ago. The Palestinian Authority had chosen to turn Gaza into a terrorist base. "This bloodshed can end immediately, now, this second," he said. "If there is no terror, there will be no self-defense, no need for self-defense, and there will be no bloodshed." Another word missing from the Observer's speech, Gillerman added, was "Hamas." Hamas was the reason for what was happening. It was their declared intention to destroy Israel, but it had not been mentioned in the Council resolution, or in the Assembly resolution. Nor had mention been made of the 1,000 Kassam rockets launched from Gaza after Israel had left. Gillerman said the Palestinians had not stopped terror for one day. "At this moment, there are terror attacks being planned by the Palestinians," he said. "When we are targeting people, we are targeting people who are planning to execute terror attacks and launch Kassam rockets against our people," he said. "We are not planning to hit a single civilian." For Israel, every dead Palestinian child was a mistake and a horrible tragedy, "for them, every dead Israeli child is a victory and a cause for celebration." Beit Hanoun, where the Palestinian family was killed, had been used as a launching pad for 300 Kassam rockets.