Israel slams Pakistan at UNSC, says ‘can’t change indisputable fact that bin Laden was killed in your territory’

Pakistan can’t change the truth that Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden was sheltered and killed on its soil, Israel has stated, because it lashed out at Islamabad within the UN Security Council for its “double standards”.

“When bin Laden was eliminated in Pakistan,” Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Danny Danon stated, pointing his hand in direction of Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, “the query requested was not ‘why goal a terrorist on overseas soil’?”

“No one requested that query. The query was, ‘Why was a terrorist given shelter in any respect?’ The identical query should be requested right this moment. There was no immunity for bin Laden, and there could be no immunity for Hamas,” Mr. Danon stated.

The sharp alternate between the envoys of Israel and Pakistan got here on Thursday at a Security Council assembly held to debate the Israeli assault on Hamas leaders within the Qatari capital of Doha.

In his remarks, Mr. Ahmad strongly condemned what he referred to as Israel’s “unlawful and unprovoked aggression” towards Qatar, terming it a part of a “broader and consistent pattern of aggression” that undermines regional peace.

The Pakistani envoy accused Israel of repeatedly violating worldwide legislation by “brutal” navy actions in Gaza, and repeated cross-border strikes in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Yemen.

The UNSC assembly happened on the twenty fourth anniversary of the 9/11 terror assaults in New York City, orchestrated by bin Laden.

Mr. Danon stated “that tragic day (9/11), like October 7 for Israel, was a day of fire and blood”.

He recalled that within the days following the 9/11 assaults, the Security Council had adopted a decision, which acknowledged that no nation might harbour terrorists, nor fund them and provides them haven.

“Any authorities that does so breaks this Council’s binding obligations. That precept was clear then; it should be upheld right this moment,” the Israeli envoy stated.

Mr. Ahmad took the ground once more to reply to Mr. Danon’s assertion.

“It is unacceptable, certainly ludicrous for an aggressor, an occupier, a serial violator of the UN Charter and worldwide legislation, that’s Israel, to abuse this chamber and disrespect the sanctity of this Council. This just isn’t the primary time. And by pointing fingers at others, baseless assertions primarily geared toward masking its personal unlawful actions and violations of worldwide legislation,” he stated.

In a robust retort, Mr. Danon stated if the Pakistani envoy needed to learn the assertion, he might have executed it initially of the session.

“The reality is that Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan, and nobody condemned the US. And when different nations on this Council assault terrorists, nobody condemns them. And that’s the situation of double requirements. When you apply completely different requirements to Israel than the requirements you apply to yourselves, that’s the drawback of this establishment.

“…you can not change the truth that 9/11 occurred… You can’t change the truth that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan, and he was killed in your territory. But I might ask you, while you criticise us, and I’m positive it’s going to proceed sooner or later, take into consideration the difficulty of double requirements, which requirements you apply to your nation and which requirements you apply to Israel,” Mr. Danon stated.

U.S. forces eradicated bin Laden in a particular operation carried out in May 2011 at Abbottabad in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the place the Al-Qaeda chief had been hiding.