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Alan Baker

Amb. Alan Baker is director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.

The accusers ignore the fact that the Israeli public suffer from ongoing and daily acts of terror committed by Palestinian and Islamist fanatics.
The kingdom’s officials have joined in the incitement, including broadcasting the lie that Israel seeks to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The concern and exasperation voiced by U.S. administration spokespersons would appear to be misplaced.
Despite attempts by Israeli and some Arab and Iranian media outlets to dramatize it, the resolution merely copies the eight previous identical resolutions that have been adopted since 2015.
The NGO claims to be impartial, yet it condemns Ukraine while ignoring abuses committed by Palestinian terror groups.
It is high time that the international community cease allowing themselves to be blindly manipulated by terminology generated and employed to maliciously weave a false narrative.
The continued functioning of the commission and the continued engagement of its members places in question the very credibility of the United Nations.
The current arrangement is anachronistic, discriminatory and contradicts today’s international norms.
The Jewish state is being persecuted worldwide by an international community fixated on making it look as bad as possible.