The UN is a Hypocrite on Human Rights

"For 50 years, Israel contemplated the exchange of occupied Palestinian territories for Muslim countries' acceptance of Israel's right to exist. The U.N. Security Council Resolution of Dec. 23 declares all Israeli occupation illegal without preconditions. Israel's possession of the Old City of Jerusalem, where Jews have lived and prayed for thousands of years, now violates international law. This makes future negotiations more difficult for both sides...

By not vetoing this resolution, the Obama administration bowed to the totalitarian regimes of the Middle East that are fearful of having a truly democratic country as a neighbor. In its final days, the administration has embraced the U.N. narrative, long opposed by the U.S., that Israeli occupation, and not the policies of Israel's neighbors, are responsible for the impasse in the region where human rights is a nuisance and where killing a Jew is considered an act of heroism.

It would be of great service to the world if the U.N. diverted its focus from Israel towards human rights abuses by totalitarian regimes. For this to happen, democratic countries (the U.S. included) that provide the bulk of the financial support to the U.N. must question whether the most notorious violators of human rights can be given seats in the Human Rights Council and other U.N. human rights bodies..."