Category Archives: United Nations

Briefs

UN promoting blood libel: Awesome. Libya’s managed to get a document accusing Israeli doctors of stealing Palestinian organs on the UNHRC agenda. Which just goes to show you, the UN isn’t worth the land it’s sitting on. What next, a … Continue reading

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The pro-Palestinian media bias

The media bashes Israel on every occasion, acts as an echo chamber for the Obama administration’s successful attempt to bully the democratically-elected prime minister of Israel into doing what Obama wants him to do. The secretary-general of the UN arrives … Continue reading

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Blood on Obama’s hands

The Palestinians used last week’s hissy fit by the Obama administration to implement a “day of rage.” Hamas has allowed kassam rockets to start firing out of Gaza again. The first attack only terrified a little girl. The second one … Continue reading

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Hell freezes over: UN notices Egypt is shooting Sudanese refugees

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights actually came down on Egypt for shooting unarmed migrants by the dozens over the past few years. And the release didn’t mention Israel once! Hell, even the AFP article doesn’t mention Israel. High … Continue reading

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Goldstone’s last gasp?

While the UN General Assembly voted to renew its demand that Israel and Hamas investigate themselves as demanded by the Goldstone report, a New York Times report observed: … other ambassadors suggested that repeated resolutions with little effect was more … Continue reading

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Goldstone is the result of 40 years of the perversion of international law

Not only has Israel prepared a defense of its conduct during Cast Lead in response to the Goldstone Report, so, too, has Hamas. Jonathan Dahohah Halevi writes: Hamas’ line of defence vis-à-vis the Goldstone report has been shaped by a … Continue reading

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Goldstone and 1701

Today’s NYT reports Israel Poised to Challenge a U.N. Report on Gaza : Israel, which had refused to cooperate with the investigation, at first dismissed the report as unworthy of attention. But the government quickly found that the world took … Continue reading

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The evening political snarks

Obama: The Musical. Yes, really. In Germany, but the songs are in English. And judging by the excerpts, it, uh, sucks. Sure, I may be a bit biased, but really—these are not songs that will leave you humming as you … Continue reading

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Briefly

It isn’t raining rain, you know: Israel had a successful test of Iron Dome recently (even the AP has noticed it), and is set to begin deploying the anti-missile batteries in Sderot this summer. Considering the renewed rain of rockets … Continue reading

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The very model of a modern UN bureaucrat

I’ve never heard of Jean-Marie Guéhenno before but the editors of the New York Times like him to become the next UN ambassador to Afghanistan: Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, is currently considering three candidates: Staffan de Mistura … Continue reading

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The double standard exposed: Iran v. Israel

Iranians are being murdered in the streets. The sister of Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel peace laureate who is not currently in Iran, was arrested and imprisoned apparently for the crime of being Shirin’s sister. The Iranians are beating protesters, … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs (not boxers)

Hamas to world: Goldstone report exonerates us. You know, you really can’t fault their logic. The commission went out of its way not to name Hamas. So when Hamas says that’s proof that they committed no war crimes—even firing the … Continue reading

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Closing the barn door after Goldstone escaped

President Obama decided to get involved in the UN Human Rights Council – an organization that was shunned by President Bush – in order to transform it. Barry Rubin reminded us in the wake of the release of the Goldstone … Continue reading

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Watch the media spin

The AP released a brief story on the Lebanese government affirming Hezbullah’s defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 to disarm. This version holds too much of the truth in it. Prediction: Mention of 1701 will be dropped to the … Continue reading

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The UN regrets

Isabel Kershner reports at the New York Times that Jewish Nationalists Clash With Palestinians: Jewish nationalists and Palestinians clashed in an East Jerusalem neighborhood on Tuesday after the Israelis took over a house by court order in a predominantly Arab … Continue reading

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