Foreign Minister Israel Katz has banned Guterres from entering the country after a meeting. Katz accused Guterres of not "clearly" condemning Iran's missile attack on Israel, which he described as "unspeakable".
“Today I have appointed the person Secretary-General of the United Nations @antonioguterres and I have banned him from entering the country.
No one who does not clearly condemn Iran’s attack on Israel, as almost all the countries of the world have done, is worthwhile putting pressure on Israel’s soil.
This Secretary-General has not yet denounced the massacre and sexual cruelty committed by the HAMAS killers on 7 October and has made no effort to designate them as a terrorist organization.
The Secretary-General, who supports the terrorists, rapists and murderers of Hamas and Hezbollah, Houthisi and now Iran, the rogue ship of world terror, will be remembered as a stain in UN history.
Israel will continue to defend its citizens and maintain their national dignity, with António Guterres or without António Guterres,” Israel Katz posted on social network X.