Thousands Rally Against UN Ahead of Paris Mideast "Peace Conference"

"Roughly 5,000 people turned out Thursday at the French Mission to the United Nations in New York City to rally in support of Israel ahead of the Jan. 15 international Middle East peace conference in Paris.

The rally, organized by The North American Coalition for Israel, which represents 50 pro-Israel groups, demanded that the United Nations 'immediately cease its unjust targeting of Israel and focus on real issues such as Syrian genocide and Global Islamic terror.'

'The U.N., [President Barack] Obama and [Secretary of State John] Kerry have really been attacking Israel,' rally organizer Hillary Markowitz told the Jerusalem Post, slamming the recent U.N. Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements as an 'abomination.'

'We are asking the U.S. to stop funding the U.N. until it does what it's supposed to do,' she added..."