Ban Ki-moon Puts His Foot Down: Rocket Attacks On Civilians Are "Unacceptable"

Here is the letter Ambassador Prosor sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. It is polite, but emphasizes the enormity of the problem facing Israel and the silence of the organization designed to respond to it:

13 March 2012

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General
United Nations
New York

Excellency,

More than 75 rockets have been fired into Israeli communities from Gaza in the past day. More than 250 rockets have been fired since last Friday. That's one rocket every twenty minutes. Israeli civilians have less than 15 seconds to find shelter from these attacks.

The lives of 1,000,000 Israeli civilians are paralyzed. 200,000 Israeli children are out of school.

During your trip to Israel last month, you met these children and saw these areas with your own eyes. Yesterday, you told the Security Council, "Rocket attacks out of Gaza against Israeli civilian areas are unacceptable and must stop immediately." Yet, the Security Council has uttered zero words of condemnation of these attacks.