well the UN seems to be just fine when the US wants to use it to legitimise economically isolating or bombing this or that country into oblivion. i agree the UN has been corrupted to some extent, mainly by the US protecting israel. the veto should be abolished.
in what specific instances do you think the UN has shown itself to be anti semitic? you do realise that criticising israel does not automatically mean you have a problem with jews? you realise there were plenty of jews protesting themselves yesterday at the opening of the US embassy in jerusalem.
it's completely irrelevant where i'd prefer to live. i'm sure many people that fitted the ideal, thought nazi germany was a great place to live. that doesn't in any way detract from the atrocities committed by the state.
iirc the currently occupied territories are the west bank, golan heights and east jerusalem. i believe an israeli withdrawal from those regions would greatly reduce the conflict if not end it (for all intents and purposes) and tbh it doesn't even matter what the result would be. the bottom line is israel is taking the p1ss out of the rest of world. sticking two fingers up as it barbarises the palestinians into submission. completely flouting and ignoring international law.
Ok, you present some legitimate challenges and I'll try to address each one as time permits.
Why do I think the UN is anti-Semitic? Of the 193, mostly unfree countries in the UN, only one has been singled out as especially egregious in regard to human rights and freedom, Israel. A country that is 20% Arab and free to serve in the Knesset (where they routinely heckle speakers like Netanyahu during sessions), has a free press, Democratic, religious freedom is respected (how many synagogues are in "Palestine"?), women have equal rights, gays live openly.... This is the country where nearly 40% of all Human Rights Council resolutions have been directed at. Forty percent!
The Human Rights Council has a permanent agenda that governs every regular session that is compose of
ten items.
One of these permanent agenda items is ALWAYS reserved for the criticizing of Israel. This resolution, which was sponsored by Organisation of the Islamic Conference, passed by a vote of 29 to 12 with five abstentions on 6/30/2006. This is a specific mandate to investigate human rights violations by
Israel only during every regular council session.
In 2001 there was that infamous Durban conference in South Africa to address the issue of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. Their final determination found that
ONLY Israel was guilty of these issues. Not Sudan, Russia, North Korea, China, Pakistan ... virtually every member of the UN. Just Israel. The only democratic state in the region. The only country whose very existence is questioned. The only
country openly threatened with annihilation.
And what has the UN done about that? Nothing. This is why I believe the UN, in regard to Israel, to be nothing more than a global platform to condemn that country. An anti-Semitic organization.
I will address your other points when I can.
