Lies and Israel-Hatred At the U.N.

"Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, February 20th... For its part, the United Nations remains in the Palestinians' corner. Prior to the address by the Palestinian leader and Ambassador Danon, UN Secretary General António Guterres and Nikolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, gave statements to the Security Council.

Mr. Mladenov's statement included this incredible line: 'Settlement construction is not a morally appropriate way to respond to murder,' he said. He was commenting on Israel's decision to approve the establishment of a new settlement to absorb the residents of an outpost where a resident was killed last month. Apparently, it did not occur to Mr. Mladenov to say that murder is not a morally appropriate way to respond to settlement construction. This is even worse than moral relativism.

In the read-out of Secretary General Guterres' meeting with Abbas, nothing was said about asking Abbas to cease incitement to violence or the Palestinian Authority payments to terrorists and their families. Rather, the Secretary General only expressed his concern about 'the funding shortfall of the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)' programs, without calling for any reforms...

So much for the UN's commitment to real face-to-face dialogue or moral clarity. As Ambassador Haley observed, 'The problem is that the UN has proven itself time and again to be a grossly biased organization when it comes to Israel.'"