Posts Tagged: United Nations Israel
It’s All a Question of Context – and the UN Gives None
The United Nations “Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory” (OCHA oPt) is one of the 22 different UN organizations...
The UN Must Not Repeat Its ‘Nakba Day’ Farce
On May 15, the day following the 75th anniversary of Israel’s establishment, the United Nations chose to endorse the Palestinian rejectionist narrative by convening the...
The UN’s Truly ‘Special’ Special Rapporteur
There are few positions at the United Nations that illustrate the extreme anti-Israel bias of that body better than the "Special Rapporteur on the occupied...
At the United Nations, Israel is ‘the Jew Among the Nations’
China presented itself as a champion of Muslim rights last Tuesday, when it asked the United Nations Security Council to hold a special session to...
UNRWA Leads to a Path of Violence for Israel, Not Peace
When UNWRA (the United Nations Relief and Work Agency) was formed In December 1949, it was supposed to temporarily tend to the needs of the...
At the United Nations, Israel Becomes the Outlaw When Palestinians Reject Peace
In a 2011 op-ed in The New York Times, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas wrote about “Palestine’s” intent to use the United Nations “for the internationalization...
What UNRWA’s Leader Didn’t Tell the UN Security Council
Last Thursday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini gave a statement to the UN Security Council saying -- as the agency has said every year for decades...
The UN’s Intolerance of Truth
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Chaim Herzog, once noted this about the organization’s Alice In Wonderland perspective on Israel: “In the UN building ... she...
The UN Human Rights Council Does More Harm Than Good
Monday, June 13, marked the opening of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC). The two main speeches of the day...
A Legal Inquisition: The UN’s Latest Attempt to Demonize the Jewish State Is Exposed
Despots and tyrants always insist on following the "rule of law." In the 20th century, leaders of the Soviet Union dispatched tens of millions of...
Is the US Beginning to Take Responsibility for UNRWA?
United Nations Security Council briefings on the Middle East can be predictable. The usual talking points are repeated in monotonous tones, by the usual suspects, while...
Stop Enabling the UN Human Rights Council
A line that I’m often reminded of when following the United Nations is the idea that it is an institution built on the ashes of...
It’s High Time for the UN to Stop Treating Israel Differently
The recent spate of annual anti-Israel resolutions at the UN is a telling reminder that Israel is treated according to a totally different standard than...
The Assault on Israel at the United Nations
JNS.org - When it comes to the annual sessions of the UN General Assembly, one can easily bet on the fact that of all the...
