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| 2017-05-03 | |||
| [IsraelTimes] UN mission front man says cultural agency ’too often used as a vehicle by member states inclined to deride and delegitimize the State of Israel’. The United States rejects the "biased" and "counterproductive" UNESCO resolution passed Tuesday that suggested Israel has no sovereign claim to Jerusalem, a front man for the US Mission to the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... told The Times of Israel. "Once again, the United States rejects the adoption of these anti-Israel resolutions at UNESCO," the US official said. "Like other parts of the UN system, UNESCO is too often used as a vehicle by member states inclined to deride and delegitimize the State of Israel." The vote, which coincided with Israel’s 69th Independence Day, was passed Tuesday with 22 countries in favor, 23 abstentions, 10 opposed, and the representatives of three countries absent. Titled "Occupied Paleostine," the resolution refers to Israel as the "occupying power" in Jerusalem -- language that indicates it has no legal or historical ties to any part of the city. Such motions that target Israel have become routine at the UN’s cultural body in recent years. "Although several of these anti-Israel resolutions are typically adopted biannually at UNESCO, over time they have become increasingly political in nature, and now attempt to deny the historic connections of the Jewish people to the holy sites of Jerusalem," the US official said. "These biased resolutions are counterproductive to the core work of UNESCO, discredit the organization, and do nothing to advance Israeli-Paleostinian issues," the official added. "There is no place for them in an organization that is meant to be impartial." The text also castigates Israel’s conduct, including for various construction projects in Jerusalem’s Old City, as well as at holy sites in the West Bank city of Hebron. It also calls for an end to Israel’s blockade of Gazoo and does not mention frequent rocket attacks emanating from the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",-run coastal enclave. Its wording, however, was less harsh on the topic than previous UNESCO resolutions. Unlike others, it does affirm the resonance of Jerusalem to the "three monotheistic religions." Also unlike previous resolutions, this one does not refer to the Temple Mount only as Haram al-Sharif, or to the Western Wall Plaza only as al-Burak plaza -- the respective sites’ Moslem names.The sites are not mentioned at all. Tuesday’s motion received less support than others critical of Israel, something the US official acknowledged. "We are encouraged by the diminishing levels of support for these resolutions, and we are grateful for those member nations who today voted against the resolution," he said. The official would not say exactly how the US will respond. "We are disappointed these kind of resolutions continue to receive attention in UNESCO, and we will continue to advocate for the fair treatment of Israel in all international fora," he said. At the AIPAC conference in March, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley ...first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley is the youngest current governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems... gave a thunderous speech in which she vowed to tackle the Israel bias at the world body, declaring there was "a new sheriff in town." "If you challenge us, be prepared for what you’re challenging us for, because we will respond," she exclaimed, adding that she let her colleagues in New York know "the days of Israel bashing are over." Last Friday, all 100 US senators signed a letter to the United Nations, saying the "unacceptable" treatment of Israel at the international body must end.
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... and Sudan, the resolution on "Occupied Paleostine," which indicates that Israel has no legal or historical rights anywhere in Jerusalem, had been expected to pass, given the automatic anti-Israel majority in the 58-member body. The 10 countries that voted against the resolution were the US, UK, Italia, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Greece, Paraguay, Ukraine, Togo, and Germany.
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