Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon (C) hosts an official Passover Seder at the UN headquarters in New York, April 8, 2025. (Ohad Kab/Spokesman)
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon held a traditional Passover seder ahead of the Jewish holiday at UN headquarters in New York, announces Danon’s office.
“It was deeply moving to preserve the Jewish tradition in a place like the UN, where antisemitism is on the rise,” writes Danon about the event.
He adds: “We will continue to act on behalf of the Jewish people and for the legitimacy of Israel on the world stage, and to act and pray for the immediate release of the hostages.”
President of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, senior officials and 60 ambassadors, including those of the US, the United Kingdom, India, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, France, Argentina, Paraguay, Hungary, arrived to participate, Danon’s spokesperson says in an overnight statement.
“In the coming days, we will sit together and read in the Haggadah the story of our people’s liberation,” Danon told the attendees, according to the statement.
“We do so with great sorrow because our hostages are still being held captive by Hamas in Gaza. They have no Seder plate, no wine, no matzah. Only darkness, silence and pain. For them, the words ‘Let My People Go’ are not part of a simple ritual. They are a prayer. A plea. A desperate hope that the world has not forgotten them,” Danon continued in his remarks.
“You must do everything in your power to bring them home,” he concluded.
Source: The Times of Israel
