United Nations
Some 70 years after the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab states and Iran, the heads of communities of Jews from Arab countries are demanding that the United Nations officially recognize their suffering.
With the support of 137 member states, the resolution was adopted in the U.N. Second Committee on Development, urging countries to enable future generations to create solutions to worldwide problems.
The United States sought to water down language in the nonbinding measure regarding accessibility to safe abortions and reproductive health care, in addition to acknowledging the right of females to determine issues pertaining to sexuality.
With this development, Israel will not send officials to the conference in Marrakesh, which is scheduled to be held between Dec. 10 and Dec. 11.
The decision by the United States to change its stance on the resolution, after previously voting for years to abstain, may be part of a broader shift in American policy towards the Golan Heights.
“There is Hamas that attacks and fires over 460 missiles at civilians, and there is Israel that protects its people,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon. “The Security Council must condemn Hamas for its aggressive assault and finally designate it as a terrorist organization.”
“Anti-Semitism is back, and it needs to be fought as the crime it is,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
A new report from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s Hybrid Warfare Task force, headed by several retired senior U.S. military officials, outlined this striking strategic threat to Israel, as well as the operational and legal challenges the country will most likely face in its next war with Hezbollah.
“The circus of Bolivian hypocrisy continues,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon. “Bolivia tramples women’s rights and invites the head of an anti-Israel group to speak at the U.N., all while talking about women’s rights and peace.”
In a landslide, the U.N. General Assembly voted by grant the “State of Palestine” additional temporary rights and privileges that will enable it to head the largest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations.
The world body is hypocritical for condemning the evacuation of an illegal Bedouin village while supporting the eviction of Jewish settlers and settlements, declares Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
It will be B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad’s first formal speech in front of the council, slated for Oct. 18.
