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Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, dismissed today’s General Assembly conference on the question of Palestine as a “charade,” confirming Israel will boycott the meeting and warning countries moving toward recognition of a Palestinian state that there will be “consequences.”
Speaking to reporters at U.N. headquarters just ahead of a high-level session on implementing a two-state solution, Danon said Israel would not engage in the debate, accusing supporters of recognition of “supporting terrorism rather than promoting peace.”
“We will not participate in this charade. We will not enter the GA Hall, and we will not take part,” he told reporters.
France pledged to recognize a Palestinian state at the General Assembly on Tuesday, joining a slew of Israel’s longtime allies who have done so in recent months.
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Ambassador Danny Danon of Israel speaks during the joint press briefing with former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky at U.N, Headquarters on Aug. 27,2025. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
France became the first major Western nuclear power and a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council from the G7 to formally recognize Palestine.
Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom announced their support on Sunday. Norway, Spain, Portugal and Ireland have done so in recent months. They cited Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence.
“They feel they are doing something, but they are not promoting peace. On the contrary, they are supporting terrorism,” Danon said of the nations who recognized Palestine.
“There will be consequences for that,” he promised.
“Nothing justifies the ongoing war in Gaza,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at UNGA. “Everything compels us to definitively end it.” (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Danon did not define the consequences but did not rule out Israel extending its rule to parts of…
