DANNY DANON: UN abdicates role of Middle East peacemaker by backing terrorists

Danny Danon, Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations, writes that the global body has sided with terrorists and forfeited any ability it may have had to forge peace in the Middle East

Peace is hard to come by while the UN remains loath to come to terms with the sinister reality that one of its agencies, UNRWA in Gaza, has been overrun by Hamas terrorists.  Ambassador Danny Danon is Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. 

Tehran’s proxies — Hezbollah in the north, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen, Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria, and terrorist cells in Judea and Samaria are Tehran’s attack dogs, unleashed to sow death and chaos across the Middle East.The Palestinian resolution approved by the General Assembly last week — demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence in the Palestinian territories" while calling for sanctions and an arms embargo against Israel — demonstrates why the United Nations offers little hope for advancing regional peace. The resolution was nothing short of diplomatic terrorism, designed to sabotage real peace efforts by shifting attention away from condemning Hamas for triggering this 11-month war.

Rather than focusing on condemning Hamas for perpetrating the single greatest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust, the UN circus has once again adhered to what has now become a predictable, virulently anti-Israel script.Peace is hard to come by while the UN remains loath to come to terms with the sinister reality that one of its agencies, UNRWA in Gaza, has been overrun by Hamas terrorists. For that reason, and for the sake of peace for Israelis and for Gazans, UNRWA must be disbanded.UNRWA’s stated mission is to advance the human development of Palestine through the achievement of five strategic outcomes, centered on protecting refugee rights under international law; safeguarding their health; providing education to school-aged children; offering sufficient opportunities for earning a living; and providing Gazans with basic food and shelter provisions.