The United Nations Security Council considered the raid to be a grievous act of aggression against the sovereign nation of Tunisia, noting with concern that the Israeli attack has caused heavy loss of human life and extensive material damage. UN Security Council Resolution 573 frames the Israeli attack as a threat to peace and security in the Mediterranean region and vigorously condemned the flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and norms of conduct.
Israels representative to the United Nations, Benjamin Netanyahu, was defiant in his stance that we in Israel shall never accept the Security Council resolution.
The hijacking of the Achille Lauro and the murder of Leon Klinghoffer are both examples of unjustifiable acts. Yet supporters of Israel, who are currently working hard to emphasise the Achille Lauro incident as a tool to demonize Palestinians, have a less than glowing record where acts of terrorism committed by their own are concerned, never mind their standard practice of glossing over or justifying acts by the State of Israel that result in massive civilian casualties. The Hammam-Plage raid is an example from around the time of the Achille Lauro, so too was the murder of Alex Odeh.
Four days after the attack on the Achille Lauro, on 11 October 1985, a bomb demolished the Santa Ana offices of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, killing Alex Odeh, the organizations regional executive director. Seven others were injured. According to a New York Times article the following day, The Jewish Defense League, often at odds with the [ADC], denied responsibility for the bombing but praised the action. The night before his death, Mr. Odeh had appeared on a local news program to comment on the Achille Lauro hijacking. He reportedly denied the PLOs involvement in the murder of Leon Klinghoffer. Rather than condemn the killing of Mr. Odeh, the official website of the Jewish Defense League confirms that JDL National Chairman Irv Rubin publicly stated that Alex Odeh got what he deserved.