By IRNA,
New York : Libyan deputy UN ambassador said that the situation in the Gaza Strip is actually “worse” than what happened in Nazi concentration camps.
“It is more than what happened in the concentration camps because there is the bombing, daily bombs in Gaza,” Ibrahim Dabbashi told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York.
“It is worse,” the Libyan diplomat said, adding that there were no such bombings on concentration camps during World War II.
“I think if those statements are correct, they reflect a degree of historical ignorance and moral insensitivity that is one of the large reasons why this council is unable to act on Middle East issues and why peace in the Middle East is so difficult,” US deputy ambassador Alejandro Wolff said.
Libya is the lone Arab member on the 15-member council and acts as a spokesman for the Arab group at the United Nations.
In previous months, the council had several times tried and failed to agree on a statement regarding the crippling Israeli siege of Gaza in response to rocket fire from Palestinian militants based in Gaza.