Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, reaffirmed that Jewish communities in the West Bank would remain and continue to grow, rejecting claims that they are obstacles to peace during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the West Bank on Tuesday.
“The Security Council must understand a simple truth: We are not going anywhere. Jewish communities will stay in Judea and Samaria,” Danon said in a video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Jewish communities are not temporary outposts, nor obstacles to peace,” he continued. “They are permanent homes, thriving neighborhoods where families live. Judea and Samaria is where our people’s eternal connection to the Land of Israel began.”
Today, my message at the UN Security Council was clear: We are not going anywhere!
Jewish communities will remain in Judea and Samaria and will continue to grow. The Jewish people’s historic connection to Judea and Samaria is undeniable. pic.twitter.com/9ZMzNV7yOH
— Danny Danon 🇮🇱 דני דנון (@dannydanon) August 11, 2026
Danon also accused the Security Council of applying a double standard by focusing on Israeli “settler violence” while, he argued, failing to give similar attention to hundreds of Palestinian terrorist attacks.
“When Israelis are involved, this body uses a collective label, ‘settler violence.’ But when Palestinian radicals carry out attacks, you refer only to the ones responsible,” Danon told the council.
“That is not justice. That is prejudice.”
Danon cites Jewish historical, biblical connection
Danon also invoked the Jewish people’s historical and biblical connection to the West Bank in defending their right to live in the territory.
“Our right to live in our land is based on our historical connection to it. It is described in the Torah,” Danon said. “Judea and Samaria is where our story in the Land of Israel began. It is where it will continue.”
“We are not going anywhere,” he concluded.
