Israel slams U.N. chief for advocating armed U.N. force to protect Palestinians

"Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report that options for protecting Palestinian civilians range from establishing an armed military or police force to deploying civilian observers or beefing up the U.N. presence on the ground.
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Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon responded to the report by saying that 'the only protection the Palestinian people need is from their own leadership.'

The Palestinian Authority "incites its people to demonize and attack Jews, and Hamas, a terrorist organization, exploits those under its control by intentionally putting them in harms way," Danon said.

Guterres' report was issued in response to a request in a Palestinian-backed resolution adopted by the General Assembly in June that blamed Israel for violence in Gaza.
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The Trump administration has been a strong defender of its close ally Israel in the council, and vehemently opposed the resolution approved by the General Assembly in June that called for Guterres' proposals. So the chances of a U.S. veto in the council on any armed force for the Palestinians' benefit or a civilian observer mission are high..."