The UN failed to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization despite the US designating them as such for 25 years. The document criticizes the UN for condemning Israel disproportionately while failing to acknowledge Hamas' terrorist activities. It argues the UN's stance condones terrorism and fails to uphold its mission of maintaining peace and security.

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THE BLOGS
Andy Blumenthal
This week the United Nations failed to pass a General Assembly resolution
designating Hamas a terrorist organization, despite Hamas being designated as
such by the United States for 25 years already.
The UNjust United
Nations

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What the United States knows intrinsically and based on the day-to-day terror
activities of Hamas, the corrupt and anti-Semitic United Nations fails to
acknowledge or, perhaps worse yet, condones. Even while 87 did vote in favor
of the UN resolution this week, still it is incredible that 57 countries voted
against it and another 33 abstained thereby defeating the needed two-thirds
majority of the 193 member countries.
By now, we should all know that this unscrupulous behavior by the UN is
nothing new. Since 2013 alone, the United Nations Human Rights Council
(UNHRC) has condemned the democratic State of Israel in no less than 45
resolutions–that’s an average of nine condemnations per year or one every 1.3
months! Since 2006, the UNHRC has passed more resolutions against Israel
than against all other nations combined!
So who is the UN condemning?
The State of Israel: where democracy lives in the Middle East; where the three
major monotheistic world religions reside and worship freely; where 19% are
immigrants from Europe and North America and another are from 9% from
Africa and Asia; where 25% of the Israeli population is expected to be Arab by
2025 and where Muslim Arabs serve in the Israeli Defense Forces; where women
serve as fighter pilots; where deserts bloom; where innovations thrive in
healthcare, agriculture, technology and more; where the nation ranks 28th in
GDP and 9th in global life expectancy; and so much more.
…and who are they condoning?
Hamas: who rule Gaza with an iron fist; where Israel unilaterally disengaged for
nothing in return; where corruption is now rampant; where gender-inequality, -
violence, and “honor killings” are routine; whose doctrine is for a Palestinian
state from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River and senior officials call for
removing all Jews; where barrages of missiles are routinely shot into civilian

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centers in Israel and terror tunnels are dug to kill and abduct Israelis; who
murder Israelis in pizzerias, markets, cafes, and on commuter buses.
What has been the result of the UN’s blind eye to anti-Semitism and wink to
terrorism?
Over the years we have seen that the terrorism first inflicted against the Holy
Land by radical Islamic terror organizations, like Hamas, eventually comes to
the rest of the world. And so we have seen terror organizations spring up from
Al Qaeda to ISIS, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram and many
more. We have seen horrific terror attacks from the World Trade Center and
Pentagon to the Boston Marathon; from the Marine Barracks in Beirut to the
Nightclub in Orlando, and from Paris, Brussels, and Barcelona to Moscow and
Mumbai. And these are just a few examples.
Is the UN living up to its mission?
According to their charter, the UN is supposed to maintain peace and security
and uphold human rights. However, with the continuing barrage of resolutions
(like the Hamas barrage of missiles) against Israel and the denial of Hamas as a
terror organization, the UN undoubtedly shows their true colors and it is not
pretty.
Where is the UN taking us next?
As a child, I remember learning that the reward for doing a Mitzvah
(commandment or good deed) is another good deed, and the punishment for
doing something bad is doing more bad. Unfortunately, the same is true with
the United Nations–where morality is turned upside down. In the world of the
UN, those that are supposed to maintain peace and security and uphold human
rights instead condone terrorism and deny peace and security to Israel.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andy Blumenthal is business and technology leader who writes frequently about Jewish life, culture,
and security. All opinions are his own.
With a UN like this, what can we look forward to next in our precious world?
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