Israeli officials have voiced strong criticism towards the United Nations following allegations that Israeli entities have been included on a UN blacklist associated with sexual violence, a list that also features the terrorist group Hamas.
“We are done with this UN Secretary-General. Guterres has put Israel on the same blacklist along with Hamas, ISIS, and the most depraved terrorist organizations in the world. This is a moral disgrace that proves that Guterres has lost all credibility,” declared Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
In light of this development, a spokesperson for Ambassador Danon announced that Israel is officially suspending its relations with the office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the duration of his tenure.
Danon has accused Guterres of deciding to include Israeli entities on a controversial list concerning sexual violence in conflict zones. This decision has led to the ambassador’s choice to cease relations with Guterres’ office.
The UN’s draft report on children in conflict zones has stirred controversy, particularly with its depiction of Israelis, raising questions and concerns.
In a related event, Ambassador Danny Danon delivered remarks during a joint press briefing with former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky at the United Nations Headquarters on August 27, 2025, highlighting the ongoing tensions and diplomatic fallout. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket)
“We are a strong democracy. We invited the representatives of the U.N. to come to Israel to check those ridiculous allegations. They chose not to come. They chose to continue with the campaign against Israel. We saw the lies in The New York Times, and now we see another lie coming from the U.N.,” Danon said in a video shared with Fox News Digital.
“We are done with this Secretary-General,” he concluded.
The United Nations has not confirmed the inclusion of Israel on a sexual blacklist. The U.N. did not respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital also reached out to The New York Times for comment.
ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS NEW YORK TIMES PIECE AS ‘ONE OF THE WORST BLOOD LIBELS’ IN MODERN PRESS
The Jerusalem Post first reported Wednesday night that the Israeli Prison Service will be included on the U.N.’s list of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones.
In early May, The New York Times published an opinion piece from writer Nicholas Kristof accusing Israeli prison guards of conducting institutionalized sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners. Kristof cited a 2025 U.N. report that called alleged Israeli sexual abuse of Palestinians “standard operating procedures towards Palestinians.”
New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote a piece titled “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians.” (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Israeli officials strongly rejected the piece’s premises and accused Kristof and the Times of blood libel, threatening to sue the outlet in American courts.
THE UN’S BETRAYAL AND ISRAEL’S FIGHT FOR TRUTH
“In an unfathomable inversion of reality, and through an endless stream of baseless lies, propagandist Nicholas Kristof turns the victim into the accused. Israel -— whose citizens were the victims of the most horrific sexual crimes committed by Hamas on October 7, and whose hostages were later subjected to further sexual abuse -— is portrayed as the guilty party,” the Israel Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X in response to the Times piece.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry further commented Thursday on the reported U.N. blacklisting.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks about the Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal at the United Nations in New York City on Jan. 15, 2025. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
“Over the past year, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN and the Israeli delegation held a series of meetings with U.N. representatives and provided documents, data, as well as a detailed response to all the allegations that were raised. Despite this, the U.N. Secretary-General chose to advance a political decision and include Israel alongside Hamas and terrorist organizations,” the foreign ministry wrote in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
“The shameful and absurd U.N. decision to include Israeli entities in the annex to the CRSV report is further proof of the UN’s true nature: a politicized and corrupt organization that has abandoned its founding principles and systematically targets Israel as its primary mission. This decision is yet another example of the UN’s long-standing, institutionalized hostility toward Israel. Today’s decision must be understood in its true context: an attempt to create a fake symmetry between Israel and the real sexual atrocities committed by Hamas. This is its sole motivation. The person behind this farce is Antonio Guterres,” the statement continued.
“This is the same Guterres who sought to ‘contextualize’ the October 7 massacre, who covered up the involvement of UN employees in those atrocities, and who has dragged the UN to its lowest point. Guterres is now exploiting his final months as Secretary-General to fabricate baseless accusations against Israel, completely devoid of any factual merit. Israel has comprehensively, thoroughly, and unequivocally refuted these allegations. Given that António Guterres has chosen to violate every standard of honesty, integrity, and professionalism, Israel has decided to sever all ties with the Secretary-General’s Office and will wait until a new UN Secretary-General is appointed,” the statement concluded.
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