Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Saturday panned the United Nations’ rights body UN Women after it took 57 days to condemn the devastating October 7 Hamas assault on Israel and the sexual violence employed by the terrorists during the attack.
He also called on its executive director Sima Bahous, a Jordanian national, to quit.
“The behavior of UN Women since the massacre on October 7 has been shameful,” Cohen wrote.
“Their statement is tepid and late, coming after nearly two months of silence and turning a blind eye to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and sexual crimes committed by the Hamas terror group,” he said.
UN Women issued a statement earlier in the day condemning the Hamas terror group, nearly two months after the terror group slaughtered some 1,200 Israelis — mostly civilians — and kidnapped over 240. The organization had faced weeks of criticism over its silence over evidence of sexual violence during the attack.
The UN Women statement led with “regret” that fighting had resumed between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, after a seven-day truce that saw 105 civilian hostages released from Gaza in exchange for 210 Palestinian prisoners.
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