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Critics T he idiom “words speak for themselves” never was truer than when Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, recently delivered a blistering attack on the organization in the general assembly. His verbal attack does not need any amplification, clarification, interpretation or explanation. Writing that he did not mince any words is one of the greatest understatements ever voiced in political journalism. His words did not just speak. They scorned, blasted, demeaned, chastised, accused, scolded, condemned. Even without a Google search, I feel safe to observe that such an attack has never been heard in the diplomatic or political world. Erdan took on the world’s double-standard, accusing it of ignoring humanitarian crises in Sudan, Myanmar, Yemen, Pakistan, bewailed the antisemitism on campuses among students and faculty and the hatred directed at Israel. And he laid it all — all of it — at the feet of the United Nations whose demise he predicted in his speech. IN HIS OWN WORDS Here are a few of the charges he laid out in his speech: • “The U.N. is fueled by nothing other than political interests — not by the U.N. charter, not by morality.” • “The U.N. is again seeking to reward the perpetrators of the horrors.” • “The U.N. couldn’t care less about Israel, to hell with our safety, to hell with our future, and the hell with our hostages.” • “To this day you have not even condemned Hamas, not even once. To this day, not a single U.N. initiative has been taken for the sake of the Israeli hostages. Instead, this body has focused only on recognizing a Palestinian terror state, an entity fueled by Jewish genocide, by terror, by Nazi-like incitement.” • “You have told Hamas that terror pays off. You have done nothing for the victims.” • “You should be ashamed of yourself, those who support a unilateral forced Palestinian terror state.” • “This body reeks of antisemitism. It’s everywhere. The U.N. cares nothing for Israeli blood, nothing, zero. It is a collaborator of the Nazis of our day, working to assure Hamas’ survival and even rewards them for murder and rape. I have no words.” • “You are encouraging their racism and antisemitism.” • “This brainwashing Berl Falbaum