UN Secretary-General António Guterres was barred from entering Israel on Wednesday for failing to “unequivocally” condemn Iran's missile attack.
The country's foreign minister, Israel Katz, announced the designation of the veteran Portuguese career diplomat as a “persona non grata.” This means he cannot enter Israel. era of israel report.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the decision was a response to Guterres' soft response after the Iranian missile attack, and “the fact that Guterres did not mention Iran by name or clearly condemn its serious acts of aggression.'' He said there is.
Mr. Guterres' policies during the war “led to support Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi terrorists, rapists, murderers, and now Iran, the homeland of global terrorism.”
“Those who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel, as almost every nation in the world has done, have no right to set foot on Israeli soil,” Katz said in a statement.
He added that Guterres would be remembered “as a stain on the history of the United Nations.”
