World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder criticized United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's speech to the United Naions General Assembly which slammed Israel and made no mention of Palestinian terrorism.

Ban Ki-moon, who addressed the General Assembly for the last time as UN chief, said that the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be a two-state solution, and that the one-state option would “spell doom” for both sides.

He said that prospects for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel “are being lowered by the day.”

“It pains me that this past decade has been lost to peace. Ten years lost to illegal settlement expansion. Ten years lost to intra-Palestinian divide, growing polarization and hopelessness,” he said, adding that West Bank settlements were “obstacles to progress.”

“This is madness. Replacing a two-state solution with a one-state construct would spell doom: denying Palestinians their freedom and rightful future, and pushing Israel further from its vision of a Jewish democracy towards greater global isolation,” said Ban.

In a statement, Ronald Lauder replied : “The Secretary General’s statement today at the opening session of the General Assembly sadly missed an opportunity to denounce terrorism and urge the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table.’’

He added, “The United Nations was created on the broken bones of the Jewish people, so that the horror of the Holocaust would never be repeated.’’

“Holding Israel disproportionately responsible for the deteriorating conditions separating Israelis and Palestinians does not further the cause of peace.”

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon also slammed Ban for his comments, saying the “real madness belongs to the UN.”

“Instead of focusing on Palestinian terror and incitement, and instead of compelling Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating table, the secretary-general chose to criticize Israel once again,” he continued. “This is an obsession with Israel and it must end.”

Danon has called Ban out multiple times over his first year at the UN for statements directed against Israel.

Just last week, after Ban criticized Netanyahu for releasing a video accusing Palestinians of attempting to conduct ethnic cleansing of Jews in a future Palestinian state, Danon responded that Ban had a “distorted view of the situation in Israel.”

“Instead of directly condemning Hamas for building tunnels and a terrorist infrastructure, instead of investing resources in stopping Palestinian incitement and terrorism, the secretary-general has chosen to regularly condemn Israel,” he added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who arrived in New York on Tuesday, hopes to convince the international community of the need for one standard in fighting terrorism.

Netanyahu, just before leaving for New York where he will meet with both Obama and Ban on the margins of the General Assembly meeting that began Tuesday, said Israel expects the international community to have “one standard” in the war against terrorism, hinting at a double standard the world uses when it comes to terrorism against Israelis.

Netanyahu said he will “speak Israel’s truth there. I will speak about Israel’s justice and heroism, the heroism of our soldiers, police officers and citizens who are waging an uncompromising struggle against cruel terrorism.

“I expect one standard from the international community in the war against terrorism,” he said. “The international community says there is a need to fight terrorism with determination and in an uncompromising manner.’’

In addition to meeting US President Barack Obama on Wednesday afternoon, and Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, Netanyahu will also meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and a number of still unnamed African leaders.