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January 26, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://nationalreview.com/comment/singer200401230908.asp

Anti-Israeli Ire Lets Tyrants Off the Hook

(National Review) Saul Singer - The international community remains oblivious to the terrible impact the anti-Israel obsession has had on the causes of human rights, freedom, and world peace. The most extreme case was the recent decision by the UN General Assembly to refer the case of Israel's security fence to the International Court of Justice. Instead of the typical near-unanimous vote, the measure failed to receive an absolute majority among the 189 member states. In what Israel termed a "moral victory," the vote was 90 in favor, 8 against, with 74 abstentions, including most of Europe. The primary collateral damage of the Arab-Israeli conflict is that it has given tyrants the world over a breather, and disenfranchised millions who look to the international community for survival and defense.

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