Israel would need to declare war on the United Nations if it were a country
In 1975, on the 37th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the UN General Assembly adopted a Soviet-led resolution equating Zionism, or the idea of a Jewish homeland, with “racism.”
Sure, the world would see genocides, manmade famines, violent repression of ethnic minorities, authoritarian regimes, terror states, theocratic revolutions, juntas, concentration camps, and communist despotism over the next four-plus decades. But this international parliament of depraved totalitarians and extremists would never lose focus. Since 1975, the UN has condemned Israel, the only free nation in the Middle East, more than any other in the world. Many years, in fact, the tiny country has been targeted with more resolutions than all others combined.
In addition to emboldening and legitimizing Israel’s enemies, including the pioneer of modern terrorism, the UN has also adopted an Arab myth in its effort to erase Jewish identity. Most infamous is a UNESCO resolution denying Jews any historical connection to their faith’s holiest sites at the Temple Mount and Western Wall — a contention that should come as a surprise to anyone who’s read a book. The motion was supported by 24 nations, including Security Council members Russia and China. Only six countries opposed it.
Then there is the United Nations Human Rights Council, whose mission is purportedly to protect “human rights around the world.” Donald Trump pulled funding and refused to allow the U.S. to participate in these Third World, Jew-hating bull sessions. When Joe Biden became president, he rejoined the council. He did so on the same day as Eritrea, which usually ranks below North Korea in those freedom “indexes,” just to give you an idea of the quality of the membership.
This year the sickening farce is led by Morocco. Members include Cuba and China.
Still, as reprehensible as all this history is, no one in any of those agencies, as far as we know, has actively participated in the killing of Jews. One can no longer say the same for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), another agency Biden rejoined when becoming president.
We now know that at least 12 of UNRWA’s employees took part in the Hamas massacre of Jews on Oct. 7, not merely offering logistical help or coordination, but sometimes participating in the actual kidnapping and murdering of civilians. As of this writing, the UN fired nine of its employees — which seems like a small price to pay for murder. The U.S., Britain, Germany, and Australia, among others, have temporarily paused funding to UNRWA, which has been a major tool for funneling international money to Hamas.
Radical leftists, naturally, were aghast. Not at the UN’s role in the massacre, but at the funding freeze. “Among an organization of 13,000 UN aid workers, risking the starvation of millions over grave allegations of 12 is indefensible,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explained.
Oh, only 12 people employed by the United Nations participated in the murder, rape, and kidnapping of Jewish women and children, you say? Seems like a lot to me, actually.
Indeed, Israel provided the U.S. with proof that around 1,200 — or about 10 percent of UN employees in Gaza — have direct links to Hamas or Islamic Jihad. Nearly half of UNRWA’s employees are close relatives of members of various terrorist groups. When UN Watch translated 249,000 user posts in the UNRWA chat group right after the terror attack, thousands of them praised Hamas (“May Allah keep their feet steady and guide their aim.”) Most of those excited by the news were likely teachers. And that is vital to remember.
Whatever the number, however, please spare us the argument that the agency bears no responsibility for the actions of its employees. Israel has long warned that the UN was aiding and abetting Hamas. UNRWA knew what was going on. We have known for decades that the agency employs members of Islamic terror organizations. And that’s just the start.
Created as a temporary agency after the Israelis won their independence in 1949, UNRWA was tasked with providing social services and education for those “refugee camps” in Arab nations. The number of refugees that supposedly fled from Israel after the Jews was less than 700,000. More than 70 years later, there are allegedly 5.9 million Arab “refugees.”
When Palestinians were living under Jordanian, Syrian, Egyptian, and Lebanese control, not one of those nations attempted to create a new state. Not one integrated those fleeing a war they started. Palestinians were kept in “camps,” often underwritten by the UN, in an effort to create an intractable situation for Israel and a convenient issue to exploit.
Israel, incidentally, accepted around the same number of refugees after 1948, most of them expelled from their ancestral homes throughout the Islamic world. Until 1952, the UNRWA also helped Jewish and Arab “refugees” within Israel. That was a long time ago. There are no “refugee camps” in Israel anymore. Not for those who came from Iran or Iraq or Morocco or Kenya or Ethiopia or Russia. Or anywhere else.
The UNRWA, tasked with running schools, has not only propped up terror groups on Israel’s border, but it has educated successive generations of Arabs in hating Jews and the West, and believing in the fantastical “right of return.” The UN not only continues to foster the false hope that Arabs will rule a Judenfrei “West Bank” and Jerusalem, but that “refugees” will one day return to Israel proper. The return of nearly 6 million “refugees” would mean the end of Israel. Which is the point. This fantasy has helped scuttle virtually every attempted peace deal.
Tens of millions of people around the world have been victims of major conflicts in the world since the Arab world first failed to destroy Israel. Over those years, Palestinians have been mired in a self-inflicted quagmire of poverty and war while the UN has helped perpetuate the victimhood and extremism. It’s no surprise some of its employees finally decided to take the next logical step.
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How has the United Nations consistently targeted Israel with more resolutions than any other nation and what impact has this had on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
UNRWA: A Legacy of Complicity
In 1975, on the 37th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the UN General Assembly adopted a Soviet-led resolution equating Zionism, or the idea of a Jewish homeland, with “racism.” This resolution marked the beginning of a long and troubling trend of condemning Israel, the Middle East’s only free nation, more than any other country in the world.
Over the past four decades, the UN has consistently targeted Israel with more resolutions than all other nations combined. It has emboldened and legitimized Israel’s enemies, including pioneers of modern terrorism. In addition to this, the UN has also adopted an Arab myth aimed at erasing Jewish identity, denying Jews any historical connection to their faith’s holiest sites. UNESCO, a UN agency, even supported this claim, with 24 nations voting in favor of the resolution.
The United Nations Human Rights Council, which claims to protect human rights around the world, has also come under scrutiny. Former President Donald Trump pulled US funding and refused participation in what he referred to as “Third World, Jew-hating bull sessions.” However, President Joe Biden rejoined the council, undermining the credibility of its mission. Its membership includes nations like Morocco, Cuba, and China, known for their poor track records on human rights.
However, the most alarming revelation comes from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It was discovered that at least 12 of UNRWA’s employees took part in the Hamas massacre of Jews in October 2022, actively participating in the kidnapping and murdering of civilians. These revelations led to the firing of nine employees, while the US, Britain, Germany, and Australia temporarily paused funding to the agency. UNRWA has long been criticized for its role in funneling international money to Hamas.
Despite these revelations, radical leftists have been more concerned about the funding freeze rather than the agency’s role in the massacre. This disregard for the lives lost is deeply disturbing. Moreover, around 10% of UN employees in Gaza, approximately 1,200 people, have direct links to Hamas or Islamic Jihad. This raises serious questions about the agency’s ability to fulfill its mission impartially.
UNRWA was created in 1949 as a temporary agency to provide social services and education for Arab “refugee camps” in Arab nations following the Israeli independence war. However, the number of refugees claimed by the agency has grown to an alleged 5.9 million, despite less than 700,000 originally fleeing from Israel. This discrepancy calls into question the agency’s credibility and its role in perpetuating the Palestinian refugee issue.
It is clear that the UN, through its various agencies, has failed to hold itself accountable and has instead contributed to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The complicity and bias displayed by the organization raise concerns about its ability to fulfill its mission of promoting peace and human rights. It is time for a thorough review and reform of the UN and its agencies to restore credibility and put an end to their detrimental impact on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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