The Israeli government bitterly condemned the United Nations today for giving its “official seal of approval” to the terrorists responsible for Friday’s bomb blast in Jerusalem that took 13 lives and wounded 73. A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry in the aftermath of the tragedy referred to the UN’s acceptance of the Palestine Liberation Organization in its various forums as a legitimate non-governmental body, and said:
“This abominable deed is once more the work of those same persons who have been adopted — their aims and methods stamped with the official seal of approved, be the serious expectations of the United Nations whose original mission, it will be recalled, was to render assistance and support to humanity.”
The statement continued: “Now these murderers, in addition to their other demands, wish to participate in the UN conference on the prevention of crime due to take place in Toronto, Canada, and their request has apparently fallen on sympathetic ears. Such participation will constitute yet another phase in the moral bankruptcy of the United Nations organization,” the statement said.
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