Jordan tells UN General Assembly Palestinian violence does not undermine peace

Speaking at the UN on October 31, 2016, Jordan made the astonishing suggestion that Palestinian terrorism was an "unfounded pretext" for Israeli self-defense. The comment took place at the General Assembly's Fourth Committee (a committee of the whole comprised of all 193 UN member states) during consideration of a report of the so-called "Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories."

In the Jordanian representative's words:

"It is no longer acceptable to launch these unfounded pretexts and say that the violence by the Palestinians is undermining the peace process."