Later this week, US Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to attend the Paris Mideast ‘Peace conference.’ There are fears that the Paris conclave is just another excuseto bash Israel and perhaps even set the stage for yet another anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations Security Council.
It may be business as usual for those living in a diplomatic bubble, but Israelis have to deal with everyday reality. Just days ago there was another horrific terror attack inJerusalem, leaving four young Israelis dead and many others maimed and injured. This after UN Security Council passed resolution 2334 which identifies Israeli communities inJerusalem and on the West Bank as the impediment to peace, and whichsays, in effect, that the Western Wall and the Temple Mount stands on ‘stolen’ Palestinian land – with no mention of Palestinian terrorism, Hamas’ terror tunnels, itsgenocidal hate, burgeoning arsenal of tens of thousands of rockets targeting the heartland of the Jewish state, or its anti-Semitic brainwashing of Palestinianchildren.
Photo: January 8, 2017-Distributing sweets in Gaza immediately following the truck attack that killed 4 Israelisoldiers.
In 2016 alone, Israel was targeted by 20 UN General Assembly resolutions, while there were only four resolutions aimed at all other nations combined. This is not aprescription for peace, but for Israel’s demise.
We are asking you to raise your voice in protest and join with the Wiesenthal Center in signing theenclosed Petition to the new UN Secretary-General, António Guterres urging him to instruct the UN’s agencies to stop demonizing the Jewish State and its people and to stopthe travesty of UN agencies denying the foundations of Judaism and Jewish history.
We need your help to push back against the UN’s dangerous double-standard and to stand firm in support of Israel and the dignity of the Jewish people.
Rabbi Marvin Hier
Dean and Founder