The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that “the nomination of a group of Western European and other countries to represent Israel, the occupying power, in the United Nations for the position of Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly is marketing and legitimizing the colonial occupation system.” In the territory of the State of Palestine.

In a statement, the foreigners believe: “This nomination is an attempt to normalize crime and impunity in the international system and comes in the context of an ongoing series of crazy attempts by the governments of these countries to whitewash the page of colonial occupation. , and protect him from responsibility for his systematic and escalating crimes against the Palestinian people”.

She noted that “a large number of countries in this group refuse to recognize the State of Palestine and are re-nominating their candidacy to the colonial occupation authorities for influential international positions, such as the Committee of Non-Governmental Associations, at a time when the occupation authorities are persecuting human rights defenders and criminalizing the activities of human rights associations and other organizations. in Palestine.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “This move and others show the falsity of the demands of these countries to respect and protect human rights and double standards in dealing with human rights issues at the international level, which undermines the international system.”

She stated that “this behavior comes at a time when a number of international bodies are imposing a political and financial siege on the Palestinian people that punish the victim and want to subdue her political will and falsify her story in favor of the executioner.”