The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations

◾The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, stated that Israel has no right to self defence as they are an occupying power:

- I cannot help but dwell on the hypocrisy of the US and its allies, who in other situations call for compliance with human rights, create commissions of inquiry and impose sanctions on those who actually apply force only as a last resort to stop years of violence. And today, seeing the horrific destruction in Gaza many times greater than what they angrily criticize in other regional contexts attacks on civilian targets, including hospitals, the death of thousands of children and the horrific suffering of the civilian population under a total blockade, they seem to have taken water in their mouths... All they can do is talk about Israel's alleged right to self-defense, although, as an occupying power, it has no such right, as confirmed by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in 2004.