The Much-Feared Regional War Is Under Way
A report from the Galilee.
September 23, 2024
The Democracies Betray Israel at the UN
The nice, decent allies abstain.
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted 124 to 14 (with 43 abstentions) to demand that Israel cede all “Occupied Palestinian Territory” to the “state of Palestine.” The resolution includes calls for member states to impose various boycotts and sanctions on Israel and to ensure that their own populations adhere to them. As Elliott Abrams observes, if Israel were to follow the text, it would have to withdraw even from the Old City of Jerusalem, leaving the Jewish population to be driven out, murdered, or worse. Abrams examines the votes of the “the nice, decent, democratic U.S. allies.”
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The Democracies Betray Israel at the UN
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