A meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East was briefly interrupted on Wednesday when two protesters stood up with signs and yelled for the release of Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, APA reports citing Times of Israel.
The demonstration came as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began to address the 15-member body after a statement by Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan. Protests inside the UN headquarters in New York are rare.
Lavrov, who was chairing the meeting because Russia is the council president for July, responded: “I don’t understand, speak more clearly. One of you can speak clearly to say what you want to say. I see you don’t wish to do so, very well.”
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