Israeli Ambassador Danon: U.N. must condemn Palestinian charge that IDF is spreading COVID-19

"Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh is making false charges that soldiers are spreading coronavirus in the West Bank, and the United Nations must condemn this incitement, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said Monday.

'At this time, despite Israel's aid to the Palestinian Authority, we hear inciting comments coming from the Palestinian prime minister, who accuses IDF soldiers of spreading coronavirus to the PA,' he said. 'There is no place for such senseless statements by the leadership of the PA. The UN must condemn these remarks.'

Danon issued a statement on the matter to the media after the UN Security Council held its meeting on the Middle East peace process by video conference..."