Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust. Isaiah 40 v15

The United Nations

Although the United Nations does not claim to be a Christian organization, many "Christians" who seek to demonize Israel will cite the U.N. in their case.  This picture is of the Hill of Evil Counsel in Jerusalem - the Israel headquarters of the United Nations!

The Mandate of the United Nations

Most people suppose that the U.N. is the world arbiter on all matters of right and wrong between nations; it certainly claims to be.   But in whose name and on whose authority does the United Nations act and make its pronouncements? It was not appointed by God, but by governments - in the human model of democracy and voting in proportion to representation. As such it is a human or humanistic organisation, placing human decision making as its highest criterion. Therefore, the Christian should not accept without question, the wisdom of such a world system, whether it be the U.N. or some other.    

Outside the U.N. building in New York there is a wall bearing the inscription,  "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore. Isaiah "    But this is only the second part of the scripture verse,  (Isaiah 2 v4)

"He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples.  They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  Nation will not take up sword against nation,  nor will they train for war anymore."

This quotation out of context demonstrates the presumption of the nations, united in belief that they can bring in the peace of the Messianic Age, while not acknowledging God, whose word they are using.  

David Pawson described a visit to the chapel in the U.N. building, which has room for prayer housing a black cast iron block, into which one is supposed to stare whilst praying to one's chosen deity (or none).

The U.N. campaign against Israel

1. Before 1990, Security Council passed 175 resolutions, 97 were directed against Israel (It is 55% of all resolutions).   

2. Before 1990, UN General Assembly voted on  690 resolutions, 429 were directed against Israel (It is 62% of all resolutions).

3. The UN was silent when Jordanians destroyed 58 Synagogues in Jerusalem .

4. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the   ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.

5. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.     

6. The UN was silent while for 18 months Israel was terrorised by indiscriminate suicide bombing campaign unleashed by PA leadership.

7. There are 54 Muslims countries in the UN. As well as many more are others Arab oil dependant states.

8. Israel is the ONLY MEMBER OF THE UN THAT IS NOT PERMITTED MEMBERSHIP ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL.

9. Israel is the only country excluded from the U.N.'s regional group system. Since Israel does not belong to any group, it is the only country of 190 member states that is not eligible to serve on the numerous U.N. commissions. 

10. In recent years, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights has annually passed five resolutions condemning Israel. This year, they passed seven. By contrast, each of the following countries/regions has been the subject of only one resolution: Afghanistan, Burundi, Congo, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Russia/Chechnya, Sierra Leone, Southeast Europe and Sudan.

11. Nov. 29 is the United Nations Day of International Solidarity with the Palestinian People. No other group or nation has a U.N. Day of Solidarity. 

12. Israel is the only state to which a special investigator with "an open-ended mandate to inspect its human rights record" is assigned by the U.N. 

13. It is the only state targeted by two special committees and special units of the U.N. Secretariat ostensibly devoted to the Palestinians but in reality dedicated to Israel-bashing worldwide, costing millions of dollars a year.

14. UNIFIL, the U.N. force stationed on the Israel-Lebanon border, hid a videotape of Israeli soldiers being abducted by Hezbollah in October 2000. After finally admitting to having the tape, the U.N. would only show an edited version (in which Hezbollah faces were hidden) to the Israeli government.

Thanks to Steven Shamrak for the above "highlights"

Partiality

Each year the UN hosts a formal event and commiserates with the "Palestinians" over their misfortune from the UN's passage of resolution 181!   At its 27th "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People" meeting in 2005, a map of the Middle East was presented at the event attended by Kofi Annan and the presidents of the UN Security Council and General Assembly, but the state of Israel was nowhere to be seen on the map!

U.N. Human Rights Council

The U.N. Human Rights Council is another forum used by regimes with blood on their hands, to pillory Israel for alleged infringements. Just check the post holders for some bizarre choices.

U.N. Watch has posted a 3-minute video on YouTube that reveals truly offensive statements that are welcomed by the UN Human Rights Council while the statement criticising the Council was rejected as "inadmissible". The_Daily_Invective_at_the_UN_Human_Rights_Council

Resolution 242

The Anti-Israel campaigners regularly demand that Israel complies with Resolution 242, without acknowledging what that resolution actually says.

The UN Resolution 242 of 22nd November 1967, is regularly misquoted as pressing Israel to give up "all territories".    Resolution 242 actually calls for . . . .

Resolution 242 says every state should have defensible boundaries, free from threats.   Barak offered that but Arafat responded with the "Intifada".

Even so, this UN Resolution is still only man's opinion, as discussed above.  We need to remember that the U.N. votes according to its makeup of nations.   There are many small nations who owe allegiance to Islam or the Arab nations, and many more know they must protect their oil based economy by keeping in favour with the Arab nations.  Is it any wonder that Israel is regularly pilloried, with only USA and Micronesia standing for her?  

More than one General Secretary of the U.N. has reminded Israel, "You owe us."   But is this true? Is the case that the UN owes its existence to the God of Israel, who brought it into being in order to vote into existence the state of Israel in the brief window of time when the nations were feeling guilty enough for the Holocaust? Even then the voting is illuminating!

Vote taken on November 29th 1947 by the United Nations

For the establishment of a Jewish state . . 33	Against . . . . . .13	Abstained . . . . . 10
Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatamala, Haiti, Holland, Iceland, Liberia, Luxemburg, Poland, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, Uraguay, U.S. and Venezuela.	Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Yemen	Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Honduras, Mexico and Yugoslavia

See Land for comment on U.N. pronouncements about ownership of the land.

Lawfare

Many of the above observations could also be made about International Court Of Justice in the Hague. Many anti-Israel campaigners attempt to make cases against Israel under dubious Human Rights charges. But who appointed the ICJ judiciary to such an exalted position?

See "Londonistan" by Melanie Philips for an analysis of how Britain's judiciary has undermined the parliamentary democracy to pursue a liberal, human rights led agenda.

See also Israel against Israel for examples of the practice of Lawfare.

Updated 11/1/08

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