Nine resolutions against Israel pass in one
day at U.N. General Assembly meeting • Interpreter, believing microphone
to be off, says Israel is the only focus when bad things are happening
all over the world • Awkward laughter ensues.
Israel Hayom Staff
U.N. General Assembly vote
prompts translator to question whether the focus on Israel, "is a bit
much?"
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Following the vote on the sixth out of nine
resolutions adopted against Israel by the United Nations on Thursday,
the interpreter translating the vote to English, unaware her microphone
was still on, was caught calling the repeated resolutions about Israel
excessive.
"I mean, I think when you have five
statements, not five, like a total of ten resolutions on Israel and
Palestine, there's gotta be something, c'est un peu trop, non? [It's a
bit much, no?] I mean I know. ... There's other really bad s*^t
happening, but no one says anything, about the other stuff," the
translator was heard saying, followed by uncomfortable, awkward laughter
in the room.
The meeting's secretary was quick to speak into the microphone, saying, "I understand there was a problem with interpretation?"
The interpreter then apologized for her remark.
The comment came following the vote on a
resolution that "demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of
the [Geneva] Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel
since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the
Convention," which passed with 160 in favour, six against and five
abstentions in the U.N. General Assembly's Fourth Committee.
A further three resolutions regarding Israel were passed later that day, all with similar vote counts.
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