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Official Says Israel Blocked Palestinian UN Membership
January 08, 2019
Fox News reports that, according to Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, Israel recently blocked a bid by the Palestinian Authority to become a full member of the UN, arguing that Palestine did not meet the requirements of UN membership due to its payments to terrorists.
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US Declines to Respond to UN Human Rights Complaints
January 08, 2019
According to The Guardian, the US State Department is no longer responding to official complaints issued by UN human rights mandate holders regarding alleged US human rights violations and has not invited any UN monitors to investigate rights issues since President Donald Trump took office.
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Trump Advisor: UNGA Vote Jeopardizes Israel-Palestine Peace
January 08, 2019
Jason Greenblatt, advisor to US President Donald Trump on Israel, criticizes the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for “defending terrorism” by failing to pass a resolution condemning the indiscriminate firing of rockets by Hamas into Israeli territory and thus emboldening the terrorist group to commit further violent activities, jeopardizing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Academic: UNRWA Ensures Its Survival Through Terminology
January 08, 2019
Professor Daniel Beaudoin of Tel Aviv University writes that the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees has guaranteed its ongoing political usefulness by expanding the definition of a “refugee” to ensure the insolubility of the Palestinian refugee issue, indicating that only by limiting the meaning of this term can UNRWA be adequately reformed.
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US, Israel Withdraw from UNESCO
January 08, 2019
Fox News reports that the US and Israel have officially withdrawn from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), citing UNESCO’s bias against Israel as demonstrated by resolutions downplaying and disregarding the Jewish connection to sites in Jerusalem.
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