{"id":1399,"date":"2017-12-04T21:22:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T08:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2018-07-01T19:54:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T07:54:54","slug":"new-zealand-shows-continued-anti-israel-bias-at-un-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/2017\/12\/new-zealand-shows-continued-anti-israel-bias-at-un-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand showed continued anti-Israel bias at UN in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United Nations, it has long been known, is not a safe space for Israel. Thirty-two nations within the UN do not recognise Israel as a legitimate state and with many others joining the disproportionate criticism, it falls to the few democratic nations around the table to stand up to the bullies.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, New Zealand rather than finding an independent voice at the United Nations over the past year has chosen to follow the anti-Israel mob.<\/p>\n
Following UNSC Resolution 2334, there were 19 resolutions that singled Israel out for condemnation in the General Assembly (and one more expected before the end of the year). UN Watch has compiled a list of the resolutions with commentary on their site<\/a>. There were only 6 other resolutions that specifically singled out a nation and no country was targeted more than once<\/a> except for Israel.<\/p>\n Most, if not all of the 19 anti-Israel resolutions were sponsored by a combination of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation countries<\/a> with shocking human rights records. New Zealand voted to support 16 of the 19 and abstained in the remaining 3. In contrast, Australia voted no to 6 of the resolutions, Canada voted no to 17 (they also abstained on the other 2), and the United States voted the same as Canada.<\/p>\n The resolutions included one similar to previous UNESCO proclamations which omitted the name \u201cTemple Mount\u201d for the holiest site in Judaism and only used the Muslim term, \u201cHaram al-Sharif, denying a Jewish link to Jerusalem. There was also a resolution calling on Israel to give land to Syria.<\/p>\n Institutional bias towards Israel at the UN is well known.<\/p>\n Ban Ki-moon used his final speech as Secretary General at the UN Security Council to admit the organisation\u2019s bias against Israel. He said<\/a><\/p>\n