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December 26, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/obama_throws_israel_to_the_wolves1

Reform Rabbis: U.S. Abstention at UN "Leaves Us Dismayed, Disappointed and Angry"

(Los Angeles Jewish Journal) David Suissa - The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the principal organization of Reform rabbis in the U.S., in a statement signed by President Rabbi Denise Eger and Chief Executive Rabbi Steven A. Fox, expressed "strong disagreement" with the UN Security Council resolution, saying that the U.S. abstention "leaves us dismayed, disappointed and angry." The CCAR concurred with many others that "peace negotiations belong between the two parties involved" and that "the United Nations is not the arena in which to address these complex issues," adding that "the UN's obsessive and relentless criticism of Israel, while ignoring the unspeakable repression committed by illegitimate regimes and terrorist organizations worldwide, falsely and maliciously labels Israel uniquely as a pariah state."

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