Opinion

Lucinda Creighton: UN leader Guterres should stand down, and western leaders must support Israel

Israel has the right to defend itself against genocide and Israel’s allies should help it do that, while also offering refuge to Palestinians in Gaza

António Guterres: the United Nations Secretary General effectively suggested that Hamas was justified in its gruesome targeted attack on Israelis – and the international community has been rather silent on the matter. Picture: Getty

Few come to the Israel-Palestine debate without pre-conceived biases. It is a conflict which has reverberations around the region and across the globe. Yet it is not unreasonable to think that the Secretary General of the United Nations, the body charged with upholding international peace and security, would understand the need to set aside his personal political bias and deal with the facts fairly and objectively.

The need for sensitivity and independence is all the ...