00:00Thank you, Mr. President.
00:19The resolutions before the Assembly today are beyond logic.
00:24They defy all concepts of morality and the evidence we have laid before you for years.
00:31By voting for these resolutions, you are not voting to protect humanitarian values but
00:37to protect an organization that has become a haven for terror.
00:43You vote for the resolutions knowing the truth, knowing that UNRWA is not a neutral actor
00:50but an entity hopelessly infiltrated by Hamas, knowing that its facilities have been used
00:58to store weapons, its schools to indoctrinate children with hatred, and its staff to aid
01:06and act as terrorists.
01:10The vote today is not a vote for compassion.
01:14It is a vote for complicity.
01:18And if this betrayal is not enough, you pushed for a resolution that failed to even condition
01:26a ceasefire on the release of the 100 hostages still held by Hamas.
01:34By demanding a ceasefire today, without addressing the hostages, this Assembly will once again
01:42side with those who weaponize human suffering.
01:46It will send a message that the lives of innocent Israelis, including children, are
01:52not worth your consideration.
01:55This is not diplomacy.
01:58It is appeasement.
02:01It is enabling terror and abandoning the innocent.
02:06Today I sit here with evidence in hand.
02:13I have written letters upon letters that Israel has written to UNRWA over the years.
02:20Each one a warning.
02:22Each one a clear call to action.
02:25And yet, nothing was done.
02:31Commissioner General Azzarini complains of reputational damage of so-called disinformation
02:38campaign against UNRWA by Israel.
02:41I would like to ask Mr. Azzarini, where were your complaints when Hamas built tunnels under
02:48your schools?
02:50Where was your outrage when murderers you employed used those schools as terror bases?
02:56Where was your accountability when we sent you these letters exposing terrorists on your
03:04payroll?
03:10In my hand is a letter written in November 2003, 21 years ago, in which we warned about
03:19terrorists hiding, meeting, and even training in UNRWA facilities.
03:28UNRWA did not act.
03:33In 2011, 13 years ago, we warned UNRWA about Hamas operatives working in UNRWA schools.
03:42We even provided the names and IDs of 10 Hamas terrorists employed by UNRWA.
03:49Nothing was done.
03:51In fact, the last name on this list, Najis Salam Abu Aziz, was an UNRWA principal, believe
03:59it or not.
04:00Of course, no action was taken against him.
04:04In the meantime, this year, he allowed his school to be used as a launch pod for anti-tank
04:11missiles by his fellow Hamas terrorists.
04:18In 2017, a Hamas tunnel was discovered beneath an UNRWA school led by a principal who publicly
04:26pledged allegiance to Hamas.
04:30You again remained silent.
04:36Just this July, we provided the names of over 100 UNRWA employees who were members of Hamas
04:44or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
04:46Again, nothing was done.
04:51These are only a few examples out of many over the decades.
04:57UNRWA's inaction speaks volumes.
05:00They did not act when we presented evidence.
05:05They did not act when Hamas turned schools into ammunition stores.
05:10They did not act when the lives of innocent Israelis were at stake.
05:18Now, the New York Times has recently confirmed what we have long known, and I urge you all
05:26to read this article in the New York Times.
05:31Hamas has infiltrated UNRWA at every level.
05:35It is simply a documented fact.
05:38To Hamas, UNRWA schools are, and I quote from Hamas' own documents, they call it the best
05:47obstacles to shield their terror operations.
05:52Gazan residents themselves have admitted to the New York Times that it is a, quote, open
05:59secret that Hamas operatives work in UNRWA schools, some even carrying Kalachnikovs after
06:08class instead of textbooks.
06:14Yet, this assembly rewards such complicity with continued funding and unwavering support.
06:23And now, it seeks to demand a ceasefire without conditioning the release of the hostages still
06:30suffering in Hamas' dungeons.
06:35You will have abandoned them.
06:37You will have ignored their families.
06:39You will have emboldened their captures.
06:43To stand by UNRWA today is to stand by Hamas, the same Hamas that orchestrated the October
06:517 massacre, that butchered over 1,200 innocent people, and that still holds 100 hostages.
07:02To demand a ceasefire while ignoring these hostages is to surrender to terror.
07:11Distinguished colleagues, a future for Gaza must be one without Hamas, but it must also
07:20be one without UNRWA, without its complicity.
07:26Aid could flow freely, schools could teach peace instead of hatred, and the people of
07:32Gaza could finally begin to rebuild.
07:37This assembly has a choice today, to confront terror and its enablers, or to appease them.
07:45If you choose to stand by UNRWA and abandon the hostages, you will have chosen appeasement.
07:52History will not forget this choice, and neither will we.
08:00Thank you, Mr. President.
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