Run for the hills! The UN is at it again.
Heeding the call to get in the way of Israel's right to secure borders, once again the international corruption agency, known officially as the United Nations, is contemplating sending in a military force to ease the tensions between Israel and Lebanon. Of course, there already is one there called UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), but clearly what's needed now is yet another UN group because, you know, we can never have enough of these. Besides, look how well the UN has taken care of the Palestinian people through UNRWA.
So now, in keeping of their long-held goal of incompetence, anti-Semitism and corruption, the UN wants to put a "peace-keeping" force in Lebanon.
Well, that got me thinking. If memory serves me, there have been a number of such efforts designed to keep the peace between Israel and her neighbors over the years. Let's look back at the success of these endeavors, shall we?
1956 In September 1955, in violation of international agreements and in what amounted to an act of war, Egypt sealed off access to the Israeli port of Eilat, effectively stopping Israel's sea trade with much of Africa and the Far East. Then, on July 26, 1956 Nasser announced Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal, most of whose shares were held by Britain and France. With diplomacy failing to reverse Nassers' decision, Britain and France embarked on preparations to regain control of the Canal, and on October 29, 1956 together with Israel, launched a military operation in the Sinai Peninsula. Four and a half months later, on March 16, 1957, Israel withdrew her troops from the Sinai and Gaza strip after receiving international reassurances that Israel's vital waterways would remain open. Three thousand three hundred United Nations troops replaced them. Despite Israel's withdrawal, the Egyptians refused to open the Suez canal to Israeli shipping.
1957-1967 Palestinian Refugees, unlike other refugees in the world, were denied resettlement opportunities, so that they could be used as political pawns. Over the last 48 years, numerous projects have been proposed, international funds provided, studies undertaken, all indicating the benefits that could be derived by the Arab refugees from their absorption into the brethren cultures of the Arab host countries.
Despite findings of the 1950 United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission, which recommended "concentration on Arab refugees' resettlement in the Arab countries with both the technical and financial assistance of the United Nations and coupled with compensation for their property," the Arab League insisted that relief projects should not prejudice the right of the refugees to return to their homes or to receive compensation if unwilling to return. However, at the time, the French Lebanese Revue du Liban reported that, "it is a fact that many Arabs leave Israel today of their own free will."
Earlier, The United Nations created the UNRWA in order to help solve the displacement issues of Arabs who did not wish to live in Israel. At this point, however, UNRWA expanded its work to include the refugees who were turned away from their Arab neighbor homes for politicaposturingng. However, at the same time, many Jews were expelled from many Arab controlled countries - some families living there for hundreds of years. At no time, in the 58 year history of the State of Israel, has the United Nations addressed this.
1967 The UN forces that had remained in the Sinai for the previous 10 years, during which numerous raids by EgyptiaEgyptianan militia squads killed a large number of Israeli, were forced out of the area by Gammal Nasser, President of Egypt. Although Nassar had no authority to do so, the UN capitulated to his decision. As was the case in 1956, Israel considered this an act of war. This led to the Six-Day war. When the hostilities ended, the UN demanded that Israel return all land that was conquered. Never before, in the history of warfare, had a nation been forced to cede land in a defensive war.
1973 Just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 222 warplanes took off from seven airfields and flew low on bombing missions against Israeli military targets in the Sinai. In the meantime , 60 warplanes took off from several air bases in Syria to bomb Israeli targets on the Golan Heights and guns opened a fierce and intense barrage.
Thrown onto the defensive during the first two days of fighting, Israel mobilized its reserves and eventually repulsed the invaders and carried the war deep into Syria and Egypt. The Arab states were swiftlresupplieded by sea and air from the Soviet Union, which rejected U.S. efforts to work toward an immediate ceasefire. As a result, the United States belatedly began its own airlift to Israel. Two weeks later, Egypt was saved from a disastrous defeat by the UN Security Council, which had failed to act while the tide was in the Arabs' favor.
And it went on and on and on...
Some people with whom I spoke have laughed when I bring up the issue of the United Nations bias against Israel as if it's some sort of fantasy made up in my head. So I found a wonderful website online that tracks the UN's history as it relates to the Jewish State. Even upon reading all the example presented, I was simply amazed at the enormoudiscrepancycy and lack of fairness. For example, from 1948 until 1991, there had been 175 resolutions regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict. 97 went against Israel, 74 were neutral, and just 4 were for Israel. JUST FOUR!
So what do you think is going to happen if the UN gets their grubby hands on this conflict? Will they stay just long enough for Hezbollah to rearm? Will they use their platform to keep Israel from defending her territory?
History tells us it will be one or the other. If the UN wants to do something constructive, how about settling those "refugees" in their neighbor's homes. It would be about time. I mean, wasn't that the reason Jordan was created?
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