The Netanyahu cabinet’s plan to take over Gaza City shows contempt for international law, Moscow’s deputy envoy to the UN has said Israel is ignoring the lessons of the Holocaust and violating international law with its plan to seize Gaza City, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, has warned. The diplomat spoke at an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Sunday, convened after West Jerusalem approved the takeover – a move that has drawn global criticism.