Israeli Ambassador Danon Wants New UN Chief To End UN Hostility to Israel

"Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon welcomed on Wednesday the selection of former prime minister of Portugal Antonio Guterres as the next Secretary General of the UN.

Guterres is poised to replace Ban Ki-Moon as the next United Nations Secretary-General in January 2017. The Security Council is expected to formally recommend him to the 193-member General Assembly for election on Thursday.

Danon wished Guterres luck in his new position and said that 'the State of Israel hopes, and expects, that the UN under his leadership will act in the spirit of its founding principles as a fair body able to differentiate between good and evil and will end its obsession with Israel.'

'I hope that this change in leadership will bring an end to the organization's hostility towards the Jewish state,' he continued.

In his congratulatory statement, Danon also encouraged the Guterres to appoint a special envoy to combat antisemitism, and to accept on behalf of the United Nations, responsibility for ensuring the return of the remains of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul held by Hamas, to Israel..."