"Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid ... sent a letter condemning the United Nations Human Rights Council's report about last summer's Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip to ambassadors from 30 countries in the council.
Lapid has stressed that when it comes to security issues, there is no coalition or opposition. The letter from the head of an opposition party emphasizes to the international community that Israelis are unified against the UNHRC report, which will soon be brought to a vote on the council. He urged all the countries on the council that have diplomatic relations with Israel to vote against any proposal.
'It is time to draw a clear line in the sand in the campaign against Israel,' Lapid said. 'This report and the farcical process accompanying it are just another step in the attempts to destroy the State of Israel by diplomatic means. Those who stand behind the ongoing campaign of delegitimization are not seeking a Palestinian state alongside Israel but a Palestinian state instead of Israel, or rather on the ashes of Israel...'"