Syria's top diplomat to the UN has accused Israel's Western allies of providing political cover and protection to Tel Aviv amid what he described as the country's ongoing occupation of Arab lands.
Munzer Munzer, acting charge d'affairs of Syria's permanent delegation to the UN, has told the international body that Syrian sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights territories is not negotiable, can't be relinquished, and isn't subject to any limitations, SANA reported.
Speaking at a UN Security Council session devoted to the situation in the Middle East on Tuesday following Israel's downing of a Syrian warplane over the contested Golan Heights, Munzer argued that the incident was more proof of Israel's “solid relation to the terrorist groups” in Syria.
The diplomat stated that Damascus has already provided UN bodies with ample evidence of “unlimited” Israeli support for terrorists in the so-called Golan disengagement zone between the two countries. He cited as an example the recent evacuation of hundreds of members of the controversial White Helmets group, which Damascus considers a media arm for the al-Nusra terrorist group*, out of Syria.
Munzer accused “some” UN member states of providing “political cover and protection” to Israel, which he said allowed it to “reject abiding by international legitimacy resolutions.” This support, the diplomat said, has enabled Tel Aviv to continue its occupation of the Arab lands in Palestine,…
