40 ambassadors to the United Nations visit Israel
Israel Ambassador to UN Danny Danon adn 40 other UN ambassadors in Jerusalem on April 18, 2018. (Avi Dudi)
Among the countries that the visiting ambassadors hail from are Serbia, Jamaica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Liberia, Ukraine, Uganda, Slovenia, Malta, Mozambique and Ethiopia. There are no ambassadors from Arab countries. Not all of the countries represented vote with Israel in the UN Security Council.
Fifteen ambassadors first joined Danon in Poland last week for the March of the Living, held on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was the first time that UN ambassadors had joined in the March of the Living.
Israel Ambassador to UN Danny Danon addresses 40 other UN ambassadors in Jerusalem on April 18, 2018. (Avi Dudi)
The delegation viewed Jewish antiquities unearthed near the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem during a visit to the City of David National Park. It also traveled to southern Israel to visit Gaza-border communities. On Wednesday they were scheduled to visit the controversial West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, located just miles from Jerusalem. They have also visited the Western Wall, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Tel Aviv.
The ambassadors also will meeting with the Israeli president, prime minister and opposition leader and other Israeli officials.
The delegation, which was planned over several months, is the largest of its kind to come to Israel so far. There were nine participants in 2016, and 14 in 2017.