B'Tselem responds to PM’s condemnation of organization’s UN Security Council address

B'Tselem issued its response to a condemnation expressed by Prime Minister over the organization’s Friday address to the United Nations Security Council on Friday.

'We will continue saying the truth in Israel and abroad; the occupation must end," the statement began.

"Unlike the Prime Minister and his slander, we believe that the Israeli public is worthy of meaningful discussion of the occupation. And, contrary to the complete overlap the Prime Minister establishes between the occupation and Israel, we insist on saying loud and clear: the occupation is not Israel, and resisting it is not anti-Israel. The opposite is true. At the UN Security Council on Friday, criticism of the occupation and settlements was voiced by all: both Israel's close allies such as the USA, France and Britain, as well as countries which Netanyahu boasts strengthening ties with, such as Russia and China. But the Prime Minister has no answers for the Israeli public, so instead he tries to go after B'Tselem. This will not deter us, nor the hundreds of thousands in Israel who oppose the occupation. We will continue saying the truth in Israel and abroad: the occupation must end."