Mecca, the city where only believers in Islam are allowed
The State Department has released the International Religious Freedom Report 2012. It highlights 8 countries of most concern when it comes to religious freedom: China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Uzbekistan. When words like the Saudi "peace initiative" get bandied about in the Arab-Israeli context, it is well worth remembering that this report reminds us: "In Saudi Arabia, the public practice of any religion other than Islam is prohibited."
International Religious Freedom Report 2012 Executive Summary Article
Saeb Erekat
Another Israel-bashing day at the UN as the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met in New York to hear Palestinian Saeb Erekat talk about Israeli "apartheid" and the "catastrophe" of Israel's creation. Not a word was said about the million free Arab citizens of Israel, or the reality of Jew-free apartheid-Palestine. But facts didn't get in Erekat's way as he had this to say about why the Palestinians are boycotting negotiations: "Mr. Erakat said he had no conditions for re-starting negotiations. A halt to settlement activity was not a condition, but "a must"." The Cuban Vice-Chair of the Committee was excited by that kind of enlightening dialogue, which also included Indonesia's suggestion to hold another special meeting of the General Assembly on what's the matter with Israel. (There have been 10 special sessions of the GA ever - half on Israel - none on Rwanda, Sudan or Syria...) The meeting ended by planning the next shindig at UN expense for Beijing in June. In a nutshell, how the UN spreads Jew hatred around the world.
Bernard Doyle, Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iran
The UN human rights investigator on Iran has been denied entry into the country for years. But UN "humanitarian" officials have no problem going to Iran, knowing full well their presence will be used by Tehran to undercut criticism of its non-cooperation. The envoy from the UN's refugee agency even took the opportunity to complain that international sanctions were hurting Iranians - not the Iranian government. The Iranian press enthusiastically broadcast the message sent by the UN's latest visitor.
UN Official: Sanctions Hampering Money Wiring to Iran for Humanitarian Projects Article
Syrian victim of Sarin gas
Remember that UN "fact-finding" mission to Syria to determine if chemical weapons were used? The one President Obama is anxiously waiting for? It hasn't started. Instead: "There is no prospect for a resolution to the diplomatic wrangling between Syria and the U.N. Secretariat about its scope and purpose. In the meantime, any scientific evidence of a chemical attack in Aleppo on March 19 is quickly disintegrating into the soil." UN in operation: a finding of fact that chemical weapons were used would be a red line. So let's not find "facts."
Will A U.N. Fact-Finding Mission Ever Make It To Syria? Article
Jamal al-Dura and his 12-year-old son Mohammed supposedly under fire
The photo of 12-year old Mohammed al Dura cowering behind his father - distributed with the storyline that he was shot dead by Israeli soldiers shortly thereafter - was plastered all over the UN's racist anti-racism Durban conference in 2001. Al Dura became the poster-boy for Palestinian terrorists. Now, "an official Israeli government report has declared...that Mohammed al-Dura...not only did not die but also may never have been shot." The report supports the struggle to expose the hoax by French Jew, Philippe Karsenty. Karsenty has long charged that France 2 television journalist Charles Enderlin created a media lie by broadcasting edited footage of al-Dura's alleged death at the hands of the IDF.
Israel Explodes the 'Big Lie' – Gaza Al Dura Boy Wasn't Killed Article
Iran borrows from the Obama Benghazi playbook
Iran has taken a page out of President Obama's Benghazi playbook. Iranian press has explained the goings-on in Syria this way: "Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes." Fill in the blank: ________ minds think alike.
Iran warns West over Syria Article
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) holds press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Russia. The UN press release omits any mention of Russian arm sales to Syria. Instead, the SG was anxious to arrange for more talking - and proceeded to beg the Russians to convene the U.S. - Russia co-sponsored conference on Syria asap. Ban Ki-moon also said "the crisis in Syria is first and foremost on our minds." Which is patently false, as the Israel-fixated UN Human Rights Council will demonstrate when it starts its next session in a week.
Syria conference should be held 'as soon as possible,' Ban says during visit to Russia Development
Herman Nackaerts
A nuclear-armed Iran is almost here. And the UN's top nuclear agency, the IAEA has this to say: "We had intensive discussions today but could not finalize the structured approach document that has been under negotiation for a year and a half now. Our commitment to continue dialogue is unwavering. However, we must recognize that our best efforts have not been successful so far. Therefore, we will continue to try and complete this process. A date for the next meeting has still to be set." And they won the Nobel Peace Prize for keeping us safe.
Victim of Syrian crisis
In Syria, the motto for stopping the bloodshed might be summed up this way: when the going gets tough, the tough hold a conference. That's the latest word from Secretary John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov who are planning the event for some time in June. Neither Assad, nor the opposition, has committed to attend. Meanwhile, the United Nations General Assembly President Vuc Jeremić raised the number of dead on May 15 to "at least 80,000 people, most civilians." Syrian NGOs this week put the figure at more than 94,000. With the Assad regime busy adding to the death toll, and rebels recently releasing a video of one of their own cutting out and then eating the heart of a Syrian soldier, the unfortunate reality is that good guys are few and far between. Cannibalism versus mass murder appears to leave poor President Obama in a quandary not of his own making. But the reality is that it is the President who has repeatedly miscalculated on the Arab "spring" and who early on emboldened President Assad. Americans are genuinely concerned by the horrific human rights violations in Syria but are not interested in installing and promoting one more anti-American and anti-Israel Arab government at their expense. The Obama administration has made a mess of it, in large measure by taking its eye off the Iranian ball. Get serious about Iran and its client states and terror satellites will feel the blow.
Obama and Kerry's fingerprints all over Syria crisis Article
In the words of the latest UN press release: the UN General Assembly "took action" on Syria. To be specific, the GA....adopted another resolution. Action, UN-style. And only 107 - of the possible 192 UN member states - even voted in favor of the condemnation.
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