On February 15, Israeli politicians expressed outrage at a statement by Martin Griffiths, a senior humanitarian at the United Nations, according to the German news agency dpa. In an interview with Sky News, Griffiths said Hamas "is not a terrorist organization, but a political movement." As soon as this remark was reported, it immediately caused an uproar in Israeli political circles.
According to reports, Israel's *** chief Israel Katz posted on the social ** platform X: "He is so shameless. Katz called Hamas a "Nazi organization" and said such statements are a serious violation of the consensus of the international community and a challenge to Israel and the justice of the international community.
Meanwhile, Israel's Permanent Representative to the UN, Gilad Edan, also posted on X: "The pro-Hamas position of the UN has finally been exposed on live television. He said Griffiths's remarks were not only contrary to the facts, but also seriously affected the humanitarian work of the United Nations.
However, Griffiths's view is not entirely denied. Some voices in Israel believe that despite the controversy surrounding Griffiths's remarks, he has maintained his impartiality and neutrality. In the interview, he made it clear that the situation in Gaza is the worst he has ever seen and called for a negotiated resolution of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, is a Palestinian Islamic extremist armed group based in Gaza that has long launched armed attacks against Israel. In recent years, there has been a rift in the relationship between Hamas and the Palestinian National Authority.
The rhetoric of the United Nations** is often the subject of attention and interpretation by the international community. Griffiths's remarks on Hamas sparked a strong reaction from Israeli political circles and renewed the international community's attention to the humanitarian affairs of the United Nations.
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