| Iran was the only country to object to the UN's resolution against Holocaust denialnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 21 Jan 03:40 AM Yesterday, the UN | | Yesterday, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution that "rejects and condemns without any reservation any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part." Nearly all envoys who spoke at the session strongly supported the resolution.
But not Iran.
The UN's press release about the session highlighted Iran's statement along with that of Israel and Germany, and even implied with its wording that it has validity:
Iran's representative disassociated his country from the resolution although it did not block the passage of the text. Strongly rejecting the attempt to misuse the concept of the Second World War to provide cover for the continuing practices of racism and expansionism, he said: "The Israeli regime has applied both in its policies and practices over seven decades." Its brutal crimes against Palestine, which include ethnic cleansing, an inhumane blockage and forced evictions, have continued, he said. The way this is written, the bold section sounds like the opinion of the UN writer, not only Iran. Iran's statement was expanded later in the press release when the entire discussion was summarized: The representative of Iran, speaking in explanation of position ahead of the vote, strongly rejected the attempt to misuse the concept of the Second World War to provide cover for the continuing practices of racism and expansionism, adding: "The Israeli regime has applied both in its policies...Read More |
From Ian: A Stronger and Wider Peace: A U.S. Strategy for Advancing the Abraham Accords The normalization agreements that the United States brokered between Israel and four Arab states – the United Arab Emirates (the UAE), Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan – represent a major inflection point in the history of the modern Middle East. Struck in rapid succession over the final months of 2020, the Abraham Accords have the potential to shift the region's strategic trajectory in ways overwhelmingly favorable to U.S. national security. These agreements hold out the prospect of ending the persistent conflict between Israel and a group of pragmatic Arab states, which since the early days of the Cold War has regularly frustrated Washington's ability to establish an effective multinational framework for safeguarding vital U.S. interests in the Middle East. Realizing their full potential will entail continued and concerted American leadership, both to help deepen ties among the members of the Accords, especially in the defense sphere, and to expand the agreements to include other pivotal regional actors – in particular Saudi Arabia. The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) convened the Abraham Accords Policy Project and this task force – comprised of leading retired senior American military officers and national security officials with deep Middle East experience – to...Read More |
Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. I Forgot You Were Jewish When I Said I Support Your Self-Determination by Entirée Szyst, progressive activist London, January 20 - Oh, goodness, I'm so sorry. Your ancestry and heritage had totally slipped my mind a few minutes ago, and had I remembered, I'd not have mindlessly agreed that you and your people deserve to govern yourselves in your own land and not remain at the mercy of host cultures. I hope you didn't misunderstand. As a progressive, I live by a certain set of principles, high among them that every identity group deserves respect and may define itself and its needs without seeking approval from others or the dominant group. My political path, decisions, and rhetoric all draw heavy influence from that principle, and if I neglect to take it into account in my choices and my speech, I risk compromising the very values I claim to hold dear. But I also forgot for a moment that your specific identity group is Jewish. My colleagues and I in the progressive movement carve out an exception to that principle when it involves Jews. I'm sorry I gave the wrong impression earlier when I expressed support for your people's self-determination, let alone in their ancestral homeland. The opposite, I assure you! In fact I oppose the very notion of Jewish...Read More |
From Ian: Anne Bayefsky: UN ditches its rules for an anti-Israel 'Inquiry' The United Nations has created a Star Chamber targeting the State of Israel. The inquisition was devised by the U.N. Human Rights Council last May and funded by the U.N. General Assembly at the end of December. The three members appointed to the new "Commission of Inquiry" make a mockery of the most elementary preconditions of fairness and legitimacy. The identities of the inquisitors are Navi Pillay of South Africa, Miloon Kothari of India and Chris Sidoti of Australia. Pillay was named chair, hence the fitting epithet of the U.N. offensive: "Pillay's Pogrom." The three were appointed in July by then-council president Nazhat Shameem, a Muslim lawyer from Fiji. With funding now assured, the "Inquiry" is underway. The "Inquiry's" founding resolution was crafted at the behest of Islamic states and what the United Nations calls the "State of Palestine." It spells out a number of fantastically broad tasks connected by one overarching goal: to turn the Jewish state into a global pariah. Internationally recognized credentials for any such inquiry demand "independence," "impartiality" and "objectivity." Even the United Nations calls these prerequisites "of paramount importance." Hence, a close look at the records of the "Inquiry" members, as compared to the "Inquiry's" assigned tasks, is compulsory. The first task...Read More |
Sweden released its 2020 hate crimes report.
There were 627 anti-religios hate crime reports. Of those, 27% were against Jews, and 51% against Muslims.
Muslims make up about 8% of Sweden's population while Jews are only about 0.15%.
This means that the average Jew is 28 times as likely to be a victim of an anti-religious hate crime than the average Muslim., and over a thousand times as likely to be victimized for religion as a Christian in Sweden.
Interestingly, Sweden has a relatively low number of antisemites, according to the ADL - only 4% by their criteria, or about 300,000 people. But there are about 800,000 Muslims in Sweden, and usually more than half of Muslim population in any country is antisemitic. I'm wondering if the ADL poll included a relative sample of Muslims; they only reported on Christian and atheist responses.The police report didn't mention who the perpetrators of the crimes were, but the Jewish community has pointed to attacks by Muslims over the past decade. * * * * * *
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Felesteen reports that a partially decomposed body was found washed ashore in the northern Gaza Strip this morning. Sources say that it was the body of a girl who was not from Gaza. If that is true, then almost certainly the body came from Israel. And that would be a nightmare.
I found two reports of missing girls over the past couple of months, a 12 year old from Zichron Yaakov, and a 14-year old from Ashkelon who has been missing since early December. I haven't seen any reports of them being found, but it might not have been in the newspapers.
It is conceivable that a body could float from Ashkelon to Gaza.
Arab media are publishing photos of the body.
I really hope that the Hamas authorities are mistaken or are covering up for some Gaza crime. If this is the body of an Israeli girl, the sick leaders of Hamas would hold her body...Read More |
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