VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Maltese UN Ambassador Vanessa Frazier has revealed she received a “serious and credible” death threat following a heated exchange with Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations last month.
Speaking to Times of Malta, Frazier said New York police investigated the threat and have since detained a suspect.
The incident followed a June UN meeting during which Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon criticised the author of a report documenting sexual violence involving Israeli forces, accusing her of being “obsessed with targeting Israel”.
Frazier intervened to condemn what she described as a personal attack on her colleague, with the exchange attracting international attention.
She said several death threats followed in the days after the confrontation, but one stood out because of its credibility.
“I received a very serious death threat, a credible one,” Frazier said, adding that the individual “knew what they were doing” and attempted to conceal their identity.
According to Frazier, security officials referred the case to the New York Police Department, which launched an investigation and later detained a suspect.
She said the efforts to hide the perpetrator’s identity demonstrated clear intent.
Following the exchange, Frazier also faced accusations of promoting anti-Semitic content from Danon and several social media users.
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