Israel's U.N. ambassador slams U.N. after Hamas' 'evil and depraved' display of hostages' coffins

"...In a display of brutality, coffins containing the remains of the three murdered Israeli hostages were put on display in a ceremony that has been nearly universally condemned.

In a ceremony that has been nearly universally condemned, Hamas set out four coffins on a stage in front of a grotesque caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a banner that read in English, ‘The war criminal Netanyahu & his Nazi army killed them with missiles from Zionist warplanes.’

On the coffins were photos of the deceased with their names and the words ‘arrest date’ and the date of the Oct. 7 attacks.

‘Under international law, any handover of the remains of [the] deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,’ the United Nations Geneva tweeted, attributing the quote to High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.

Türk’s condemnation of the Hamas ceremony, however, rang hollow for many who pointed out the U.N.’s reluctance to condemn the terror organization by name.

‘Hamas parading four coffins onstage to music is evil and depraved,’ Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

‘For 16 months, Israel has been fighting a deranged terrorist organization that places no value on human life, especially if it is Israeli or Jewish— all while international institutions like the UN refrained from condemning Hamas and formally demanding the immediate return of our hostages.’

On Oct. 7, 2023, Türk put out a statement that appeared to equate Hamas’ attacks with Israel’s response, saying he was ‘shocked and appalled’ by the violent attacks and condemning Israel’s response.

Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President and Human Rights Voice Anne Bayefsky accused Türk of being ‘one of the leading drivers of Palestinian terrorism and global antisemitism in the world today.’

‘He [Türk] personifies the use and abuse of ‘human rights’ as a front to perpetrate evil. He has blood on his hands,’ Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. ‘Volker Türk - the UN's top human rights official - is a human rights fraud who has more concern for Jews after death than saving Jewish lives from Palestinian savagery before they've perished.’..."