State of Israel
Ambassador Dan Gillerman
Israel has never been an elected member of theUnited Nations Security Council. Ambassador Gillerman has served as Israel’spermanent representative to the UN since January 2003. The following isexcerpted from debate during the 5,498th meeting of the UN SecurityCouncil, on July 30, 2006. This is a horrible, sad, and bloody Sunday. This is a day onwhich we mourn and grieve, together with the people of Lebanon, at thedeaths of the innocents and civilians in Kafr Qana. Those people, includingwomen and children, who were killed in this horrible, tragic incident may havebeen killed by Israeli fire, but they are the victims of…
