Israel’s Syria Predicament, and America’s
Iran and its allies are winning.
March 26, 2018
A never-ending scandal disguised as an everlasting hope.
The UN Human Rights Council—a body that includes representatives of Cuba, Afghanistan, and Qatar—convened last week and issued five anti-Israel resolutions, one of which preposterously demanded that the Golan Heights be returned to Bashar Assad’s Syria. Meanwhile, Iran, North Korea, and Syria merited one resolution each. Such all-too-typical anti-Israel obsessions are only part of the United Nations’ many flaws, which John Bolton—the newly appointed American national security adviser—has frequently called to public attention. Bret Stephens writes:
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Login or SubscribeIran and its allies are winning.
Don’t be fooled by the hip hype.
A never-ending scandal disguised as an everlasting hope.
And it brings anti-Semitism with it.
Temple storehouses, perhaps.