Israel's Danon Clashes With UN Official Over 3-Agency Sexual Violence Blacklist
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 20
Israel's Danon Clashes With UN Official Over 3-Agency Sexual Violence Blacklist
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 20
Summary
Friday's U.N. meeting on conflict-related sexual violence devolved into a shouting match as Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon accused Vanessa Frazier of helping place Israel on the blacklist and demanded she stay silent.
The clash followed the U.N.'s May report naming three Israeli entities — the IDF, Israel Prison Service and border police counterterrorism unit — as credibly suspected of patterns of rape or other sexual violence.
Danon said Israel had cooperated with the U.N. but was denied a fair chance to answer the allegations, and he called for Special Representative Pramila Patten to resign over the report.
Danon's office said it will file a formal U.N. complaint over Frazier's interruptions, extending Israel's pushback after already freezing relations with Secretary-General António Guterres' office over the listing.