UN Fails to Condemn Eilat Terror Attacks
The United Nations will not condemn as “terrorism” the attacks near Eilat in which eight Israelis were murdered after Lebanon’s representative rejected the measure.
Lebanon’s representative to the U.N. Security Council said it would endorse a condemnation of the attacks only if the council were to condemn Israel as well, for killing the terrorists who planned the massacre.
Lebanon refused to call the attacks “terrorism,” arguing that the attacks were not legally terrorism because one of the buses the attackers fired on had been carrying soldiers. The attackers also fired on several civilian vehicles, and made sure to shoot innocent victims at close range to ensure they died.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, expressed outrage. “It is outrageous that the Security Council did not clearly condemn the deliberate and appalling murder of many innocent Israeli civilians, which occurred yesterday in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks,” he said.
“The U.N. Secretary General condemned it, the Americans condemned it, the European Union condemned it, yet the bottom line is that the Security Council again failed as a body,” Prosor accused. “Every time an issue pertains to Israel, we see deafening silence. They become blind and deaf.”
“It is no coincidence that Lebanon – the only member of the Council that obstructed this statement – is itself dominated by a terrorist organization,” he added.
United States officials expressed disappointment with the Council’s decision as well. “This is standard language on terrorist acts,” U.S. Deputy Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo said of the blocked condemnation.
Declasse Intellectual
Why the surprise–this should be a no brainer given the UN and what it has become An international disgrace and insult to what ever might be called international law. The international criminal court will condemn Israelis for self-defense but will nto do like wise to those who are cold blooded killers. And the human rights commission sanctioned racism–enough said
drl
there are 2 types of Non Jews and Jews who are not pro-Israel: #1: they are viley anti-semetic
#2: they are not sure, but are willing to follow the vile anti-semites just because they are not accustomed to searching for the truth
either way, its really up to us to do our best, for we cannot control their ways
Thinkster
In the UN, even the guidebooks are spineless.
Ahavas Chinom
What else is new.
Did you really expect Yosher from the United Nations?
Wake up! Time to love one Yid another and stick together between us AM YISROEL.
The UN is mostly arab and they stick together.