The latest salvo launched by the UN in its vendetta against Israel is an open-ended investigation into alleged war crimes in last May’s war with Hamas. The so-called investigation was instigated by the UN’s infamous Human Rights Council, whose anti-Semitic bias against Israel is so pervasive, it is the only country included on its permanent agenda in every session.
Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by most Western nations. Prof. Anne Bayefsky of The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs recently wrote, ‘The Human Rights Council resolution failed to refer to Hamas at all. It did not mention — let alone condemn — the launch of thousands of rockets by Hamas into Israel. Indeed, the civilian population was omitted from the resolution.
As a Canadian, more than anything in the world, I want the promise of the United Nations to work. I want the Universal Declaration for Human Rights to be fairly and equally applied by all nations, especially by the bloc of 50 Arab nations that tend to vote against Israel. I fear the UN will continue diminishing its raison d’être and ultimately the universality of human rights if Israel continues to be held to a higher standard than any other nation.
The 17 UN resolutions targeting Israel in 2020 show an unhealthy fixation with the Jewish State. It is a form of abuse, harassment, and frankly, anti-Semitism. A restructuring of the UN needs to happen now alongside the Abraham Accords, which have offered the Middle East a new path toward peace. The Accords’ success stands in contrast to the debilitating lack of reality seen in the halls of the United Nations.