Posts Tagged: United Nations Israel
UN Treaty Body Promotes BDS at Urging of Norwegian NGO
During the 67th session of the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), in which the committee was supposed to review Norway’s compliance...
Whatever Happened to the Palestinian ‘Diplomatic Tsunami’?
JNS.org - It was only eight years ago that supporters of Israel were trembling at the possibility that support for the Jewish state would soon...
The United Nations Delegitimizes BDS
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, just released a report titled, “Combatting Antisemitism to Eliminate Discrimination and Intolerance...
Zionism Is Racism: The Dead Horse That Never Dies
Many thought that we had finally defeated the idea that Zionism is racism in 1991, when the UN revoked its infamous anti-Zionist resolution. But that...
70th Anniversary of Israel’s Admission to the UN: The Historic Abba Eban Speech
On May 5, 1949, the Ad Hoc Political Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations met to hear the words of Israel's envoy, Abba...
‘Human Rights’ Organizations Bash Israel, While Sports Organizations Defend It
In recent weeks, Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the United Nations Human Rights Council have all been in the news. All...
Shift or Strategy: The US’s New Position on Israeli Control Over the Golan Heights
JNS.org - For the first time, the United States has voted against an annual UN resolution condemning Israeli control over the Golan Heights. The decision by...
Israel’s Nationality Law, UN Resolution 181, and the Arab List
Ever since 1988, when after 40 years of rejection, the PLO feigned acceptance of UN General Assembly Resolution 181 on the partition of mandatory Palestine...
According to the UN, Israel Can’t Defend Itself
Below is the headline and lede for an AP article: The UN political chief called on Israel Wednesday to ensure that urgently needed humanitarian supplies for...
UNIFIL Has Another Opportunity to Do Its Job in Lebanon
JNS.org - Good riddance. These words are the proper sendoff for Maj. Gen. Michael Beary, the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon...
Leaving the UN Human Rights Council Was the Right Decision
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the one hand and human rights on the other hand constitute a classic oxymoron, as underlined by the...
Saying Kaddish for Jihadists
On May 15, the UN Security Council held a minute of silence for the 62 Gazans killed by Israeli forces. The IDF was forced to kill the attackers...
EU and UN Go AWOL on Hamas’ Gaza March
Last week's Palestinian “March of Return” on the Gaza border with Israel produced predictable responses from the European Union and the United Nations. In a statement, the...
UN Women’s Rights Commission Is Just as Hateful as the Rest of the UN
From UN Watch: The UN’s 45-member Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), meeting in its 2017 annual session, singled out Israel as the only country...
