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| August 31, 2014
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Al-Jazeera Reports: Syrian UNDOF peacekeepers flee to Israel

 

Al-Jazeera TV reported UNDOF soldiers in southern Syria abandoning their posts to flee to the Israeli side. Meanwhile a Phillipine official reported that Syrian rebels who seized the 43 Fijian UN peacekeepers, attacked Filipino troops on the Syrian Golan Heights.

By Roi Kais and AFP

The Al-Jazeera network reported Saturday that members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force stationed in Daraa in southern Syria are abandoning their posts and fleeing to the Israeli side of the Golan Heights.

Armored UN vehicle at Qunitera border crossing, Saturday morning (Photo: AFP)

Armored UN vehicle at Qunitera border crossing, Saturday morning – Photo: AFP

In another report published simultaneously, Philippine officials said Syrian rebels holding dozens of Fijian UN peacekeepers hostage attacked Filipino troops in the Golan Heights on Saturday. Continue Reading »

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| August 31, 2014
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United Nations in NY to Host Historic Counter-Anti-Semitism Conference

Public visitors will hear speakers that will explain how the current tide of rising anti-Semitism could have a catastrophic effect on the safety & security of the world.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

On Monday September 8th, 2014, at 1:15 p.m., the UN Permanent Mission of Palau, and the Engr Aja Eze Foundation are sponsoring a conference on “Global Anti-Semitism: A Threat to International Peace and Security” at the United Nations Headquarters facility in New York City.

The counter-anti-Semitism conference will feature speakers who will explain how the rising tide of anti-Semitism will have a catastrophic effect on the safety and security of the world. Continue Reading »

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| August 29, 2014
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U.N. Confirms: Syrian Rebels on Golan Heights Capture 43 U.N. Peacekeepers

43 United Nation peacekeepers from Fiji captured on Syrian side of Golan, by rebels flying a black Al Qaeda flag.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Syrian rebels have taken UN personnel prisoner after they took over the area near the Quneitra border crossing on the Golan Heights. The UN personnel were stationed on the Syrian side of the border.

Syrian rebels from the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front

Syrian rebels from the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front – Photo: Reuters

The UN later confirmed the initial reports of the incident, clarifying the 43 UN peacekeepers from Fiji had been taken and that it is doing all it can to secure their release, reports AFP. Continue Reading »

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| August 25, 2014
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In New Video, IDF Exposes the Gaza That the UN is Hiding

UN publicizes maps to only show damaged buildings in Gaza – but that’s only half the ‘picture’, as IDF reveals in this new informative video.

By Ari Yashar

 

An informative new video posted to YouTube on Monday by the IDF shows how the damage in Gaza reported by the UN is only giving half of the picture, and skewing the facts on the ground.

Gaza - IDF Screenshot

Gaza – IDF Screenshot

In the video maps published by the UN showing Gaza buildings damaged in Operation Protective Edge are represented by red dots. However, the video goes on to clarify how these buildings – which include private homes, hospitals and schools – are being used to launch rockets and attacks from terror tunnels. Continue Reading »

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| August 24, 2014
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UNICEF Displays ‘bias’ as it Ignores Israeli Children’s Suffering in Conflict

It appears that Israeli children are less equal than others at UNICEF Palestinian press conference, which totally ignores effects of Gaza’s incessant rockets on Israel’s children.

By Mark Langfan, New York

 

UNICEF Gaza Field Office chief, Pernille Ironside, held a press conference at the United Nations offices in New York City several days ago, “on the impact on children from the conflict in Gaza.”

Unlike UNRWA – which is charged solely with attending to Palestinian “refugees” – UNICEF  is the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund and is charged with assisting children over the world.

Asked how she, and the entire UN Gaza staff, remained neutral in the face of Gaza children’s and civilian hardships, Ironside stated that, “There have been attempts to instrumentalize the UN in Gaza in this conflict.” Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2014
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UN War Crimes – Advocating martyrdom in UN schools, where rockets are stored & fired

U.S. Senators are demanding an investigation into UNRWA, the relief agency for Palestinian refugees, where:

• Rockets were fired from its facilities into Israeli civilian centers,
• Rockets have been stored in its schools and
• A terror-tunnel was dug from one of its booby-trapped clinics.

By Nadav Shragai

 

What do you call a humanitarian organization that uses school textbooks that teach jihad against Israel and some of whose institutions have been taken over de facto by Hamas? What is the proper description for the Gaza branch of UNRWA, whose teaching staff has been infiltrated by terrorists and operatives of terrorist groups, and whose institutions served as launching sites for rockets and mortar shells that were fired at the State of Israel?

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| August 17, 2014
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Israel Not Interested in UN ‘War Crimes’ Facade

The EU & US join Jerusalem in calling the UN’s commission a biased spectacle that cannot possibly produce true justice

By Ryan Jones

 

Israel, the United States and the European Union have all dismissed a UN commission of inquiry into possible war crimes committed during the Gaza war as little more than a sideshow with a foregone conclusion.

Canadian Prof. William Schabas

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday named a three-man panel to investigate allegations of Israeli war crimes during the Jewish state’s month-long battle against Gaza’s terrorist infrastructure.

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the committee amounted to a “kangaroo court” whose findings were “predetermined.”

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| August 7, 2014
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Israeli envoy at UN: ‘Stand with Israel & against terrorism, before it’s too late’

 

Envoy Ron Prosor speaking at UN General Assembly in New York, urged the int’l community to join Israel in fighting terrorism, but Ban Ki-Moon, condemned ‘senseless cycle of suffering’ in both Gaza & Israel.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – Israeli ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor spoke before the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, telling the represented nations that they could either join Israel in fighting the threat of terrorism or face the same threat on their own doorstep in the near future.

Netanyahu shows Ban pictuers of Hamas' use of civilian areas to launch rockets (Photo: Haim Zach, GPO)

Netanyahu shows Ban pictures of Hamas’ use of civilian areas to launch rockets – Photo: Haim Zach, GPO

“You can take a firm stand against terrorism or stand on the sidelines,” said Prosor. Continue Reading »

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| August 6, 2014
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FM Liberman: UN ‘Waits for Israel to Do Its Job’ by Not Adhering to Own Principles

Israel’s Foreign Minister slams UN’s moral hypocrisy, says the int’l body should be fighting Hamas’ terror attacks instead of waiting for Israel to do so, then condemn them.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) issued sharp criticism against the United Nations on Wednesday, after Secretary General Ban Ki Moon accused Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza.

Liberman said that before criticizing Israel for unintentional damage to UN facilities during a self-defense operation, UN leaders should ensure that UN facilities will not serve the prime purpose of storing and launching missiles at Israeli civilians – and for incitement, which is strengthening and encouraging terrorism. Continue Reading »

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| August 4, 2014
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As UN committees feed Anti-Semitism, UN Condemns Spike in Anti-Semitism Worldwide

Too little, too late: Belated condemnation surfaces after Jews have been threatened & beaten across the globe – maybe due to decades of racist and biased UN declarations against Israel.

By AFP and Tova Dvorin

 

The conflict in Gaza should not be an excuse for anti-Semitic slurs and attacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said late Sunday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – AFP photo

Ban “deplores the recent upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, particularly in Europe, in connection with protests concerning the escalation of violence in Gaza,” read a statement from the UN leader’s spokesman.

“The Secretary-General emphasizes that the conflict in the Middle East must not constitute a pretext for prejudice that could affect social peace and harmony anywhere.” Continue Reading »

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| July 27, 2014
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In spite of countless UNHRC condemnations, Israel ranks 19th of 187 on UN human development index

 

Israel ranks ‘very high’ as 19th on the UN index, just before France

• Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands & U.S. make up top 5
• “State of Palestine” is rated as 107th with Lebanon (65), Turkey (69), Iran (75), Jordan (77), Egypt (110) and Syria rated as (118).

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel ranks 19th in the world in the United Nations’ Human Development Index for 2014, according to the U.N.’s 2014 Human Development Report released Thursday.

UN

Israel is among 49 nations the report ranks as having “very high human development.” The report, titled “Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience,” states that the Human Development Index is a measure of achievements in key dimensions such as a long and healthy life, access to knowledge, and a decent standard of living.

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| July 17, 2014
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Hamas Agreed to UN Ceasefire for Thursday, Then Fired a Rocket Salvo at Israel

Immediately after Hamas agreed to a temporary humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza for Thursday morning, they began firing another salvo of rockets towards Israel.

By Elad Benari

 

Hamas agreed on Wednesday night to a temporary humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, but not before firing another salvo of rockets towards Israel.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri – Reuters

“The group agrees to a ceasefire for five hours,” starting from 10:00 a.m. local time Thursday, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement quoted by the AFP news agency.

“The Palestinian factions agreed to accept the offer from the United Nations for a cooling-down on the ground for five hours starting from 10 in the morning,” he told the news agency. Continue Reading »

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| July 14, 2014
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UN REPORT: Israel doing utmost to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ report confirms that Jerusalem is doing everything it can to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza, while Hamas gov’t in Gaza does the opposite.

By Ryan Jones

 

A United Nations report has confirmed that Israel is doing its utmost to avoid collateral damage in the Gaza Strip while fighting an enemy that uses its civilian population as a human shield.

IAF strike on Gaza - Photo: EPA

IAF strike on Gaza – Photo: EPA

The situation report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) notes that while Israel has carried out over 900 strikes against Gaza, the majority of civilian casualties resulted from the specific targeting of a few dozens homes either belonging to senior Hamas terrorists, or which were used by the group to hide missiles and other weapons. Continue Reading »

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| July 11, 2014
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Israel Amb. Prosor tell UN: Cease-fire not goal, now we dismantle Hamas rocket infrastructure

At emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Secretary General says Israeli ground option still preventable if Hamas stops rocket fire.

 

UN Secretary General Ben Ki-moon said Thursday that an Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip is still preventable if Hamas stops rocket fire.

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the Israel-Gaza conflict, July 10, 2014

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the Israel-Gaza conflict, July 10, 2014, at the United Nations in New York. – Photo: AFP

Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, Ban expressed concern for the wellbeing of civilians in both Israel and Gaza, adding that the citizens of Gaza are caught between Hamas’ irresponsible behavior and Israel’s air strikes.

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| July 9, 2014
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Jordan & Iran issue similar condemnation of Israel’s ‘barbaric’ Gaza operation

Arab League summons UN action on Israel’s  #OperationProtectiveEdge, as White House spokesman Josh Earnest says: “We support Israel’s right to defend itself against these vicious attacks.”

By News agencies

 

 

Jordan, one of just two Arab countries to have signed a peace treaty with Israel, on Wednesday demanded an immediate halt to deadly Israeli air raids in Gaza, raids it called “barbaric.” Similar comments were made by Iran, a Hamas ally.

Smoke & debris rise after an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip seen from the Israeli side of the Israel Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. - Photo AP

Smoke & debris rise after an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip seen from the Israeli side of the Israel/Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. – Photo: AP

Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama urged both sides in the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestinians to show restraint and not act in a spirit of revenge, in a German newspaper article to be published on Thursday. Continue Reading »

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