Angry Israeli envoy shreds UN Charter 

Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan has shredded the UN charter at the United Nations General Assembly.

In a strong display of outrage, he had shredded it just before it passed a resolution for supporting full membership of Palestine. 

The UNGA on Friday voted overwhelmingly for a resolution asking the Security Council to make Palestine, which has UN observer status, a full member. 

The resolution was passed by a resounding majority of 143 votes in favour including by India while 25 countries abstained, and nine nations, including the United States and Israel, voted against it. 

The Israeli envoy Erdan called the resolution a ‘clear violation’ of the UN Charter and said that it subverted the US veto in the Security Council last month. Erdan said he is ‘holding up the mirror’ for General Assembly members while shredding the UN Charter.