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Thread #141076   Message #3249231
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
02-Nov-11 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: Palestine (continuation)
Subject: RE: Palestine (continuation)
Don, a Palestinian who supported Israel might find it more healthy to keep his views to himself.

Don, why Israel is so unpopular, from my last link.
Worth a read, this just an extract.

Since 1948, when a UN resolution set the State of Israel on its way, the UN has has been a part of the on-going evolution of the struggle between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs with binding and non-binding resolutions, peace keeping forces, peace conferences and investigations. Unfortunately, an alliance between Arab states, third-world countries hostile to the developed world, and Cold War politics backed by the former Soviet Union, have created a UN environment that is uniquely hostile to Israel. While Tibet, Cambodia, Rwanda and other world problem areas have come and gone, often without significant comment or action by the UN, Israel has been repeatedly targeted, investigated, denounced, and condemned by one-sided UN agencies or committees with no scintilla of objectivity while at the same time Israel has been denied full participation in UN functions. Meanwhile, nations with horrible human rights violations such as Iraq, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan, and Syria have escaped criticism from any UN forum.