Antonio Guterres issued a short statement Tuesday condemning the “broadening of the Middle East conflict” and calling for a cease-fire.Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Israel bans UN chief Guterres from entering the country – POLITICO

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Israel declared the United Nations chief “undesirable” Wednesday, prohibiting him from entering the country.

“I decided today to declare U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres an undesirable personality in Israel and to ban his entry into Israel,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on social media.

Guterres failed to “unequivocally condemn Iran’s criminal attack on Israel” on Tuesday, Katz said, and as a result “does not deserve to set foot on Israel’s soil.”