U.N. Ignores Israeli Soldiers Killed In Terror Attack

"When there was a recent Hezbollah attack that left two Israeli soldiers and a United Nations peace keeper dead, the international organization issued a statement.

"The terse, three-sentence release, the result of a week of consultations with the U.N. Security Council, said, 'Members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the killing of a UNIFIL [U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon] Spanish peace keeper which occurred in the context of fire exchanges along the Blue Line on 28 January 2015.'

"It didn't mention Hezbollah.

"And it didn't even acknowledge the Israeli Defense Force soldiers who were killed and wounded.

"The mission of the U.N. forces in Lebanon includes keeping Hezbollah weapons out of the area. But Hezbollah terrorists fired anti-tank missiles at an IDF patrol in the northern Mount Dov region of Lebanon.

"Israeli forces responded and the U.N. peace keeper was killed in the ensuing crossfire. The Hezbollah attack came after two days of rocket and mortar fire from Syria into Israel. Spain said Israeli artillery was responsible for the death of its soldier assigned to the U.N. operation. Israel's ambassador to the U.N. Ron Prosor blasted the Security Council's one-sided statement.

"'The Security Council seems to think that some lives have more value than others. It's barely a month since world leaders marched together to oppose radical extremism and affirm the sanctity of life. Now these same countries sit quietly as the world's autocrats indulge a dangerous terrorist group.'

"He continued, 'Some members of the council seem to think that they can operate with utter impunity, providing Iran and Syria with air defense and pandering to the whims of internationally recognized terrorist groups...'"