‘We are not going anywhere’: Danon defends Jewish communities in West Bank at UN meeting

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon forcefully rejected the notion that Jewish communities in the West Bank impede peace, declaring they are permanent and will expand.

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The Security Council must understand a simple truth: We are not going anywhere. Jewish communities will stay in Judea and Samaria.

Speaking at a United Nations Security Council meeting, Danon stated, "The Security Council must understand a simple truth: We are not going anywhere. Jewish communities will stay in Judea and Samaria." He emphasized that these communities are not temporary outposts but thriving neighborhoods where families reside, asserting their deep historical and biblical roots in the land.

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Jewish communities are not temporary outposts, nor obstacles to peace. They are permanent homes, thriving neighborhoods where families live. Judea and Samaria is where our people’s eternal connection to the Land of Israel began.

Danon accused the Security Council of hypocrisy, pointing out its focus on Israeli "settler violence" while allegedly neglecting numerous Palestinian terrorist attacks. "When Israelis are involved, this body uses a collective label, ‘settler violence.’ But when Palestinian radicals carry out attacks, you refer only to the ones responsible," he told the council, calling it "not justice. That is prejudice."

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When Israelis are involved, this body uses a collective label, ‘settler violence.’ But when Palestinian radicals carry out attacks, you refer only to the ones responsible. That is not justice. That is prejudice.

He further invoked the Jewish people's historical and biblical connection to the West Bank, stating, "Our right to live in our land is based on our historical connection to it. It is described in the Torah." Danon concluded by reiterating his core message: "We are not going anywhere."

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Our right to live in our land is based on our historical connection to it. It is described in the Torah. Judea and Samaria is where our story in the Land of Israel began. It is where it will continue.