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Did You Know the UN Is Demanding Jews Leave the ‘Jewish Quarter’ of Jerusalem?
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution brought by the Palestinians that could only be described as a violation of all principles of justice, history, and equality. Those who supported or abstained from this vote, nearly 170 countries, have sent a clear message to the world that they are morally unmoored.
In addition to affirming the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s non-binding Advisory Opinion from July 19, 2024, which essentially rejected Israel’s historical and rightful connection to Judea and Samaria and parts of Jerusalem, the UN resolution adopts other stipulations that are downright nefarious.
In and of itself, the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion is appallingly distorted and ahistorical. And when the additional stipulations of the General Assembly’s resolution are included, all principles by which a moral society is guided are inverted and subverted.
By referring to the West Bank as “Occupied Palestinian Territory” and accusing Israel of violating the Palestinians’ right to sovereignty and self-determination, the ICJ and UN perpetuate a destructive, counter-factual, and ahistorical narrative that does nothing to advance peace. In fact, they promote the opposite.
The General Assembly resolution invoked UN Resolution 2334-2016, which disassociated Jews from their historical and religious connection to Israel by claiming Jerusalem, the Jewish Quarter, and other important Jewish geographical areas are “occupied,” furthering the false narrative that Palestinians are the rightful heirs of the disputed territories and that any Israeli presence anywhere in the disputed territories is unlawful.
It leaves out the fact that these areas came under Israeli control during a defensive war in 1967, in which numerous Arab states sought the destruction and eradication of Israel.
The resolution also leaves out that the Palestinian Authority has governed most of these areas since the signing of the Oslo Accords, despite violating those Accords on a frequent basis.
At no time in history has the West Bank been reserved for Palestinian people as the Palestinian territory. In fact, before 1967, this territory was fully controlled by Jordan. Israel, historically and legally, has ties — and arguably rights — to parts of the disputed territories. This resolution denies even that. It also denies that the presence of Israel in many of these territories is a matter that is set to be agreed upon by both Israel and the Palestinians under the Oslo Accords — not unilaterally by the United Nations.
The resolution then calls on all states to do what’s necessary to fulfill the “realization of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,” including a boycott of Israel.
As far as Palestinian self-determination is concerned, for nearly 20 years Gaza had been fully sovereign, and the Palestinian people there have held complete self-determination to shape their future. October 7 should have been a clarion call to the world that the Palestinians failed spectacularly to orient their efforts to the construction of a state. Instead, Hamas created a terrorist industrial complex in pursuit of the destruction of Israel.
Furthermore, by passing this Resolution at a time when Hamas is still holding onto power in the Gaza Strip (and still holding approximately 100 Israeli hostages) gives both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority an incentive to continue their war against Israel, knowing the UN is on their side. (The Resolution contains no references to Hamas, Palestinian terrorism, or the hostages still held in Gaza).
By allowing this resolution to pass, the world is essentially elevating fiction above truth, promoting terrorism rather than dialogue, expediting folly over common sense, and subverting the very principles that fortified the free world in its battles against fascism and communism.
To allow this resolution to pass under any circumstance would simply be a violation of justice. To allow this resolution to pass while Israel is currently fighting for its existence against parties bringing this resolution is a travesty of morality.
Israel is a friend to all nations with which it has developed relationships. It’s the first on the scene in a disaster. It’s the first to share its advancements and technologies to those allies in need of assistance. What’s more, Israelis and Jews are known for their genius, passion, compassion, and morality, all of which have benefited the world for millennia.
Look at the pro-Hamas protests in the streets of American cities, and look at Jewish protests in support of Israel. At the former, you will often find calls for destruction, violence, and the eradication of an entire group of people. In the latter, you will find peaceful demonstrations that respect that right to life for all people.
This resolution sacrifices the promise of peace for the promise of instability, terrorism, and antisemitism. What a sham — and what a shame.
Mark Sachs is the founder of Orwell Grey Strategic Communications, co-author of the book, The Cancel Culture Curse, and is a long-time pro-Israel activist.
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Treasure Trove: An Israeli stamp reflects the complex mix of emotions about Oct. 7
Michelle Shalmiev was born in a village in the Caucasian mountains and immigrated to Israel and settled on a kibbutz when she was 14. Her series “Putting Your Stamp on History” […]
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Download a special Oct. 7 print edition of The Canadian Jewish News
Printable obituaries of eight Canadian victims and more of our original coverage.
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The Jewish People Perform Another Miracle
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is seen addressing supporters, in Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: Reuters.
JNS.org – This Oct. 7 will not only be an anniversary of tears, of pure contrition, even if the memory is burning as the people of Israel live. As to how, it wasn’t at all obvious. Our whole history is made of miracles—from the splitting of the sea to escape from the Egyptians to the Inquisition to the pogroms to the thousand other genocidal attacks to which the Jews have been subjected. In every case, the results are always incredible and surprising, especially for how we have emerged active, faithful to our Torah tradition and committed to the return to Jerusalem until we made it happen.
The War of Independence in 1948 was fought by concentration-camp veterans, yet we defeated all the Arab armies, united in hatred, who marched against us. Later, in 1967, 1973 wars were won by a hair’s breadth with miraculous strokes of imagination and leaders who gave birth to ideas that people would have expected. No one would have ever bet a euro, penny or shekel on the idea that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his entire hierarchy could be eliminated, petrifying Iran, especially since we have already reduced its other favorite proxy, Hamas, to pieces. And now we have bombed Iran’s other proxy, the Houthis, some 2,000 kilometers away, destroying the airport from which they receive their weapons and aid from the ayatollahs. The Islamic Republic’s leader, Ali Khamenei, is reportedly hiding underground, the Iraqi and Syrian Shi’ites are waiting to see if they are next, and cities controlled by Tehran are shaking.
As President Joe Biden said, it is a measure of justice, but one that Israel has undertaken in an impossible fashion, defending its citizens amid a thousand prohibitions with determination and without fear. Only in this way can a 76-year-old young state, which has been attacked from all sides, defend itself. The country’s existence is the latest chapter in the history of a people born many millennia ago in the Land of Israel, who are finally back home and defending their state.
The war is certainly not over, as Hezbollah reportedly had 100,000 fighters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows that he must see this fight through to the end, despite the international pressure to which Israel has been subjected for nearly a year. Israel’s leadership understands that its very existence is at definitive risk if there is no “new Middle East” in the aftermath of Oct. 7.
While previous generations and Israeli leaders hoped that peace agreements would establish peace in the region, today’s leaders know that there is also a need for battle to stop those who, dominated by absurd fanatical and religious beliefs, wish to kill you. (After all, what do the Houthi rebels in Yemen have to do with the Jews and Israel?)
This is the lesson of our time—not just for Israel and the Jewish people but for everyone. The Jewish people are writing a new page in history, one in which the free world must write and fight alongside them, as it is a battle for the survival of Western ideals. Israel has eliminated the two most dangerous terrorist groups in the world—Hamas and Hezbollah—with operations that will set a precedent for decades. And it challenges Iran. I would like to hear the applause, please.
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