Posts Tagged: League of Nations
Israel Does Not Need Anyone’s Permission to Exist
JNS.org – This November, Iraq is hosting a celebration to honor 90 years since the British gave it independence. Iraq will be joined by Jordan,...
UN Covers Nude Relief Carving in Apparent Deference to Iranian Diplomats
The United Nations covered up a relief carving of a naked man at its Geneva headquarters on Monday, apparently in deference to the chaste sensibilities...
‘All the News That’s Fit to Print’ Really?
Among the many Israeli sources of irritation for The New York Times, none is more persistently aggravating than Jewish settlements. August has been an especially...
Middle Eastern Tunnel Vision
Imagine: until the Holland Tunnel was completed in 1927 New York and New Jersey had not been contiguous (defined in Webster's as "have contact with")....
Palestinian Sound and Fury
Today, November 29th, marked the 65th anniversary of UN Resolution 181, calling for the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab (not "Palestinian") states. Palestinian...
A Lost Opportunity of Historic Proportions
Ninety years ago last month, the League of Nations, the precursor to today's United Nations, approved the Mandate for Palestine, out of which Israel was...
Artificially Created States
Fifty-one member countries - the entire League of Nations - unanimously declared on July 24, 1922: "Whereas recognition has been given to the historical connection of...
The UN Mourns the Death of Kim Jong-Il
The decision by the United Nations to lower their flags to half-mast for the death of Kim Jong Il is a vulgar and...
Article 80 and the UN Recognition of a “Palestinian State”
In the entire debate now taking place on whether the United Nations Security Council or General Assembly has the right to approve the application of...
Thomas Friedman’s Partition Plan
On June 18, 2011 the New York Times published an Op-Ed by its columnist Thomas Friedman, named "What to Do With Lemons," suggesting to "update...
12 Reasons Why Jerusalem Must Remain Under Israeli Control
1. Jerusalem has been the capital city of the Jewish people (but no one else) for 3,000 years, including both ancient Israel and current Israel. There...
