António Guterres
![Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/06/25/0fe3d620-32d4-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h4912_w7360.jpg)
UN's Guterres can't seem to stop giving mixed messages about Israel.
![Paying his respects to Raisi: UN-Secretary General Antonio Guterres.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/26/5a8bae00-1b28-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h331_w650.webp)
Iran, United Nations
The UN Secretary-General arrived at the Iranian office in the UN to write a eulogy to recently deceased President Ebrahim Raisi. Erdan: "There are no words to describe the disgrace and disgust that the UN arouses."
![Palestinians protest demanding compensation for damaged homes in the 2014 war, outside the headquarters of "UNRWA", in Gaza City, on September 5, 2022.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/27/84eee010-bd43-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h4480_w6720.jpg)
UNRWA Funding Boycott
The French government announced that it will temporarily freeze UNRWA's funding, after it was revealed that some of the organization's employees took part in the October 7 massacre. This is the tenth country to announce the suspension of aid to the organization in Gaza.
![A general strike by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Balata camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus, on January 24, 2023.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/27/3301a0e0-bd42-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h3607_w5410.jpg)
UNRWA, A Global Ban
After Israel exposed that 12 employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the October 7 massacre, many countries announced the suspension of funding and called for an investigation into the organization's actions in Gaza.
![Continues to condemn, Guterres](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/12/c1ab29b0-8179-11ee-992b-1b516497ddb9__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, "Collective Punishment"
The UN Secretary General caused another uproar and claimed that Israel is carrying out collective punishment on the residents of Gaza. Guterres noted that since the beginning of the war, approximately 101 workers have been killed in the ranks of the organization.
![UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/06/4da4d5a0-7ce4-11ee-992b-1b516497ddb9__h331_w650.jpg)
"Condemn the October 7 Attack"
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Hamas's terrorist attacks and rocket fire while also criticizing Israel: "Gaza is turning into a cemetery for children. The number of casualties underscores the importance of an immediate ceasefire."
![Blinken: "No Country in the UN Would Tolerate Slaughter"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/24/e1782580-72a2-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
"Condemn Hamas"
The American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, condemned the remarks of the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and called for condemning Hamas: "No country that is a member of the UN would tolerate the slaughter of its people. We all need to condemn Hamas without reservation."
![Ambassador Erdan](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/24/7b6416a0-7293-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.png)
"The Secretary-General must Resign"
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, strongly criticized UN Secretary-General António Guterres: "The UN Secretary-General, who shows understanding towards the mass murder of children, women, and the elderly, must resign from his position."
![UN Secretary General António Guterres](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/24/07501220-728c-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpg)
Justification of Terrorism
UN Secretary-General António Guterres argued during a discussion at the United Nations Security Council on the war in the south that "it must be recognized that Hamas's attacks did not occur in a vacuum. For 56 years, the Palestinians have been suffocating under occupation." Erdan responded, "Justification of terrorism and murder."
![The Secretary General of the United Nations finds it difficult to point to the truth](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/18/4c66df00-6d9c-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpg)
"No Justification"
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the killing of Palestinians at the hospital in Gaza and called for the entry of humanitarian supplies into the Strip. He also appealed to Hamas, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all abductees.
![Gallant: "Iran pushes Hezbollah to action"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/08/29/285228d0-4638-11ee-a57f-835abb5ac465__h331_w650.jpeg)
Gallant Met with UN Secretary General
The Defense Minister met with the UN Secretary General at the headquarters in New York. The two discussed the threats destabilizing the Middle East and Iran's actions against Israel