"Parliamentarians from the Joint List have joined forces with the Palestinian Authority to seek United Nations censure of the Jewish State, Israel's Ambassador to the UN in New York Danny Danon charged on Sunday.
'The Palestinian delegation, in cooperation with Knesset members from the Arab parties, is planning steps aimed at smearing Israel and damaging its image through incitement and lies,' Danon said.
He spoke after Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman met last week with UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo in New York to seek support for her party's battle against the newly approved Nation-State Law.
The legislation's supporters say that it shores up Israel's identity as a Jewish state, while its opponents hold that it is racist and discriminates against the country's minorities.
The Palestinian Authority already stated that it is likely to act against Israel at the UN General Assembly. Among the measures it is weighing is a text that would call for Israel's ouster from the UN. It is presumed that the US would block such a move at the UN Security Council, which has final say on the matter.
Danon, however, complained to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein about the actions of the Arab parliamentarians, stating that it was part of a wider series of steps they have taken against the state.
'In the last two years, we have witnessed close cooperation between Knesset members and the Palestinian delegation in the UN, whose activities incite and defame against the State of Israel, and are celebrated on the international stage,' Danon said..."