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Israel 's foreign minister said Wednesday that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is 'persona non grata in Israel ' and barred him from entering the country after the U.N. chief issued a brief statement condemning all escalatory military actions in the Middle East.In a social media post, Israel i foreign minister Israel Katz accused Guterres of failing to 'unequivocally condemn' the retaliatory attack that Iran launched against Israel on Tuesday.
In his post Wednesday, Katz falsely claimed Guterres has 'yet to denounce' the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. In fact, Guterres issued a statement on October 7 condemning 'in the strongest terms' the 'attack by Hamas against Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip and central Israel.'Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, said Katz's move shows that 'Israel relishes in being a pariah state.
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