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B’nai Brith Canada Calls for Removal of UN Palestinian Rapporteur

ec. 4, 2017 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the United Nations to strip Michael Lynk of his position as “Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” after he headlined a fundraiser for a radical anti-Israel group. B’nai Brith has sent letters to both United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Canadian …

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In 70 Years Since UN Partition Plan for Palestine, Arabs Continue to Say ‘No’ to Peace

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The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. Nov. 29, 2017 Seventy years ago today, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, calling for the partition of Mandatory Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Despite that the proposed Jewish state had territorial limits, the Jewish Agency …

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Antonio Guterres Must Do More to Change the UN’s Anti-Israel Bias

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Anti-Zionists who undoubtedly scoff at the (false) notion that anti-Zionism and antisemitism aren’t intrinsically linked should be a bit happier with new(ish) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. In a recent meeting with senior officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in New York, Guterres reportedly emphasized that, “Denial of Israel’s right to exist is antisemitism.” He …

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Are Member States Finally Waking Up to UNESCO’s Anti-Israel Bias?

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In a move that at this point should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voted yet again in favour of a resolution that is overwhelmingly biased against Israel. The resolution titled “Occupied Palestine,” submitted to UNESCO’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, …

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Antonio Guterres, Nikki Haley and the Turning of the Tide for Israel at the UN

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Finally, some positive changes for Israel at the United Nations. For the first time in at least a decade, it appears that the UN is finally being led by a Secretary-General who is unafraid to publicly support Israel. In a recent interview with Israel Public Radio, Antonio Guterres said of the Temple Mount, currently home to …

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Here’s Hoping the New UN Secretary-General is More Diplomatic

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Two weeks ago, I wrote about now former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s 11th-hour admission that the UN has spent a decade passing “a disproportionate number of resolutions, reports, and committees against Israel.” Mere days later, the UN Security Council approved what has been described as the most severe resolution it has yet to pass against Israel. …

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“Settlements” Are Not The Problem

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It is truly astounding that the issue of “settlements” – a politically loaded term used for Israeli residential planning and development in ancestral Judea and Samaria – has dominated the discussion on Israel and the Palestinian Territories. With the recent United Nations condemnation of said settlements, and Obama’s refusal to veto such a childish resolution, …

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Finally Admitting the UN’s Anti-Israel Bias

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Conventional wisdom holds that the first step to resolving a conflict is admitting that there is a problem. Last week, in his final address to the UN Security Council, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon did just that when he conceded that, “Decades of political maneuvering have created a disproportionate number of resolutions, reports and committees against …

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B’nai B’rith Denounces UN General Assembly For Anti-Israel Resolutions

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B’nai B’rith Canada condemns the United Nations General Assembly for a series of annual resolutions singling out Israel for condemnation and utterly disregarding Arabs’ fuelling of a continued conflict in the Middle East. One resolution calls for Israeli relinquishment of the strategically vital Golan Heights to Syria at a time when that country is the …

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B’nai Brith Canada Demands Evidence that UNRWA Has Changed

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B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that the Canadian Government provide evidence that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) no longer engages in problematic and dangerous behaviour, and is operating at a standard in line with Canadian values and expectations as it relates to human rights. “To turn over $25 million in aid …

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