U.N. General Assembly Condemns Israeli Violence Against Palestinians

By Danielle Haynes

The U.N. General Assembly did not have the two-thirds majority vote to pass an amendment to the resolution blaming violence in Gaza on Hamas. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo

UPI -- The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning Israel's use of excessive force on Palestinian civilians.

The resolution passed by a vote of 120-8 with 45 countries abstaining.

Boy, there are a lot of antisemites in the General Assembly

A U.S. bid to condemn Hamas, a Palestinian fundamentalist group, for attacks on Israel also received a majority vote in favor -- 62-58 with 42 abstaining -- but the president of the General Assembly rejected it because it didn't have the required two-thirds majority to pass.

The resolution is unlikely to lead to any action against Israel because the United States, a close ally of the nation, would veto it.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who introduced the amendment to blame Hamas, criticized the UNGA for focusing on violence in Israel instead of in Nicaragua, Yemen or Myanmar.

"Gaza is important, but what makes it more urgent than many other desperate places?" she asked. "What makes Gaza different for some is that attacking Israel is their favorite sport."

The primary resolution was introduced by representatives in Turkey, on behalf of the Islamic Cooperation, and Algeria, on behalf of the Arab League.

Turkish Ambassador to the United Nations Feridun Siniroglu told the UNGA before the vote that the resolution wasn't about taking sides.

"It is about supporting de-escalation on the ground. It is about deterring further violence from taking place," he said. "It is a call to the secretary-general to come up with his recommendations on how to protect civilians from further attack. It is a call to all sides to put an end to loss of lives."

What a crock! There is a very simple way to stop the violence on the Gaza border - the Palestinians simply have to stop rushing the Israel border. Go home, find a job, dig a tunnel, or something. Their actions are beyond stupid and easily qualify as insane. The Palestinians don't mind dying, obviously, so why should the UN be so upset about it.

The IDF has shown extraordinary restraint in protecting the border. They deserve commendation not criticism. But, the Arab nations in the UN obviously think the IDF should be ordered to only respond with sling-shots and stones. 

Arabs and Muslims hate Israel because there are about 1.5 billion of them and only a few million Jews, and they cannot eliminate the Jews no matter how hard and how many times they try. Deep down they know that God is on the side of the Jews and they just can't accept that. They haven't been able to accept that since the days of Isaac and Ishmael, when God called Isaac, Abraham's only son!