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October 31, 2016

B’Tselem’s Appeal to the UN Is Clueless at Best and Malicious at Worst

Asking Russia and China to stand up for human rights and national self-determination.

Two weeks ago, Ḥagai El-Ad, director of the Israeli human-rights organization B’Tselem, appeared before the UN Security Council to urge it to force Israel out of the West Bank. Emmanuel Navon takes El-Ad to task not only for blaming the Israel-Palestinian conflict on Israel alone but for an utterly misplaced faith in the UN:

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October 31, 2016

  1. UNESCO’s Jerusalem Resolution Insults Both Judaism and Christianity

    And, with the president’s help, the UN may be poised to cause even greater harm to Israel.

  2. Wahhabism Isn’t the Paramount Cause of Islamic Terrorism, But It’s Hardly Blameless

    Saudi Arabia’s chosen sect.

  3. B’Tselem’s Appeal to the UN Is Clueless at Best and Malicious at Worst

    Asking Russia and China to stand up for human rights and national self-determination.

  4. What Orthodox Jews Can Teach Christian Conservatives about Abortion

    Speaking coherently about difficult cases.

  5. Esperanto and the Jewish Brand of Universalism that Produced It

    Ludwik Zamenhof’s world language.