Watch: Israeli ambassador tells Maltese top UN official to 'be quiet'

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59% : The UN was a part-sponsor of this event," she said.
50% : " Denon instead added Frazier - a UN special representative who previously served as Malta's ambassador to the UN - to his list of targets.
48% : But the tone at the event became markedly less civil when Israel's ambassador took the floor.
44% : Israeli ambassador Danny Danon repeatedly told Frazier to be quiet and "get out" of the UN meeting after Frazier told him to make his points without resorting to personal attacks.
43% : The meeting marked the 12th commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict and was not focused specifically on Israel and Palestine.
42% : The report in question reported various incidents of sexual violence by Israeli troops which it said were verified by the UN. "Violations consisted of rape, including with objects, gang rape, attempted rape, physical violence to the genitals, instances of targeted shooting of the genitals, touching of breasts and genitals, strip and cavity searches conducted without apparent security justification, forced nudity and threats of rape," the report noted.
42% : You work for the UN and you will be quiet now.
38% : "My colleague, who was not even in the room, had drawn up a report about conflict-related sexual violence, and Israel was included in that report.
33% : Ultimately, we are talking about irrefutable evidence about Israel's crimes against children.
31% : Frazier, who has served in New York for several years, said Denon's statement once again showed yet another Israeli attack against the UN. "It's a trend we've been seeing since Malta served on the UN Security Council.
28% : "Shame on you, you are part of the bullying of Israel.
27% : Ambassador Denon said the UN had not verified the evidence and that UN special representative Pramila Patten, who authored the report, had ignored invitations to visit Israel and independently verify claims.
22% : Vanessa Frazier and Danny Danon clash during UN meeting focused on conflict-related sexual violence Israel's ambassador to the United Nations told Maltese UN official Vanessa Frazier to "be quiet" in an angry confrontation on Friday.
22% : Ambassador Denon denounced a 2026 report into conflict-related sexual violence which he said had added Israel to a UN "blacklist" for conflict-related sexual violence.
22% : " It said six Israeli hostages who had been held by Hamas had also reported sexual violence while being held in captivity, but the UN was unable to verify those reports because Israel had denied UN bodies access to carry out investigations.
7% : He accused Patten and UN Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez of having an "obsession with targeting Israel", saying the UN had first accused Israel of starvation, then genocide, and now rape.

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