Germany on Saturday said it was deeply troubled by anti-Israel bias at the United Nations
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and vowed to oppose "any unfair treatment" of the Jewish state in international fora.
The statement, issued on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Israel’s accession to the UN, was welcomed by Jerusalem’s envoy to Germany, Jeremy Issacharoff, who said he hoped it signals a change in Berlin’s voting pattern vis-a-vis the Middle East. Germany’s voting record on Middle East issues has been criticized by Israel and its supporters, as the country often joins other European nations in voting against Israel’s interest at the UN.
The country, which currently is a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, pledged "to oppose any unfair treatment of Israel in the UN and to support its legitimate interests. We will continue to do our utmost to support these causes," according to the statement, which was based on a quote by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.
The German statement was criticized by Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"It will be nice if you stop interfering in our internal business and stop funding hundreds of radical left wing NGOs in Israel that seek its destruction," he wrote on Twitter, in response the German Foreign Ministry’s tweet on the statement. "Use the hundreds of millions of [Euros] you use for this to fund hospitals, schools and churches in Germany!"
While Chancellor Angela Merkel
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over a decade ago declared Israel’s security to be part of Germany’s "raison d’etre," Berlin routinely votes against Israel at the UN, including on the questions of Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or West Bank settlements.
On March 14, the Bundestag voted on a declaratory resolution that called on the German government and the European Union
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Since it was proposed by an opposition party, the coalition parties voted against the resolution, which failed to pass. A whopping 408 MPs ‐ including 224 from Merkel’s center-right Christian-Democratic Union ‐ voted against the resolution, while 155 politicians, including nearly all members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, voted in favor.
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