Gary Fitleberg, December 23, 2003

Two recent resolutions regarding Palestine before the U.N. test the credibility of the international organization which serves as the forum of the Arab/Islamist powers to annihilate the Jewish state it created in 1948.

One is a resolution that, ironically and moronically, would have given the Arab "Palestinians" U.N. credentials and revoked Israel's U.N. credentials. The resolution was sponsored by the Palestine Liberation Organization (today known also as the Palestinian Authority).

The resolution’s backers decided to postpone the vote, which would have made the Arab "Palestinian" representatives of Gaza, Judea & Samaria (wrongly called the "West Bank") and parts of eastern Jerusalem, because of a lack of support, said Arye Mekel, deputy permanent representative of Israel to the United Nations.

The European Union planned to vote against the resolution, and dozens of other countries were expected to follow suit, according to Mekel. Mekel said he told the General Assembly that the resolution would have abused the U.N. accreditation process, which prevents observers such as the Palestinians from representing territories, and would have prejudged Israeli-Arab "Palestinian" peace talks.

The EU has foiled the PLO initiative to challenge Israel's credentials at the UN, specifically Israel's right to represent the territories, telling Arab "Palestinian" representatives that exploiting the routine votes on country credentials crossed "a red line," at the world body.

The resolution due to be voted on by the General Assembly was withdrawn after vehement objections from the EU who regarded it as an attempt to undermine Israel's legitimacy.

"The Palestinian failure to challenge Israel's credentials is a victory for Israeli foreign policy," Israeli Ambassador Danny Gillerman said.

In another resolution before the General Assembly, Israel abstained for the first time in 25 years.

Israel abstained from a U.N. vote on aiding the Palestinian people. Israel said it abstained due to new language in the resolution that called for implementation of the "road map" peace plan. Israeli officials said they considered the language irrelevant to the issue at hand. Israel said its views on resolving the conflict with the Palestinians "have been made clear elsewhere."

The United Nations has a record against Israel and in favor of "Palestine" and with over 700 resolutions over half have been against the tiny nation state it created in 1948.

Gary Fitleberg is a Political Analyst specializing in International Relations with emphasis on Middle East affairs.

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