Israeli Foreign Minister Mocks Russian Envoy At UN Security Council Meeting

Nebenzi's statement drew laughter from the audience.

The speech of Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East drew laughter from Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

The Russian representative stated that the Jewish state violates international law by seeking to annex Palestinian territories. In particular, Nebenzya took umbrage at Israel's intention to start registering lands in the West Bank. He called this decision "a blatant attempt to legalize the expansion of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory" at the expense of "consolidating creeping expansion and squeezing out the local population."

"Israel under various pretexts - be it security or counter-terrorism - continues to violate its treaty obligations... Such disregard for international law and the policy of creating irreversible facts "on the ground" cause consternation and rejection among most members of the world community," Nebenzya said. Afterward, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he was "amused to hear the representative of the Russian Federation talking about international law, occupation, annexation of territories and peaceful resolution of conflicts". "I could barely restrain myself from laughing out loud during his speech," the minister said, hinting at the four-year-long war against Ukraine.

In January 2026, when Russia began hitting Ukraine's power grid en masse in 20-degree frosts and left hundreds of thousands of people without heat, provoking a humanitarian catastrophe, Nebenzya told the UN that "allegations of Russia's targeted attacks on Ukrainian families sleeping peacefully in their homes are not supported by anything" and Russian armed forces "do not shell civilians."

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