On Thursday evening, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan and the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN held an event in the UN to launch a special exhibit titled, "THE KNESSET: Shaping Israeli Society."

Originally, the UN was unwilling to host the exhibit unless the Israeli Mission removed references to Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Ambassador Erdan staunchly refused, writing a strongly worded letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres that the Mission would not alter the exhibit. The UN conceded under the condition that the Mission add a disclaimer noting that these are not the views of the UN.

Source: Israel National News