The lobby consists of secular, christian, and jewishamerican individuals and groups. General assembly resolution declaring null and void president trumps recognition of jerusalem as israel s. Israel was founded because the jews that lived in the area declared independence in may 1948 and won the subsequent war. Israel is trying extremely hard to ally with arabs.
List of united nations resolutions concerning israel. Why i am unapologetically proisrael the odyssey online. The events in israel are the beginning of an attempt to provoke a middle eastern muslim reaction upon which nato will jump in. Even in a proisrael article, the new york times cant. The united states on friday voted against a united nations security council resolution to protect palestinians and condemn israel, which ambassador nikki r.
The following is a list of united nations resolutions concerning israel. Sasley says the dispute over hagels potential nomination is an example of the growing fragmentation over israel advocacy among u. Download our mobile app for onthego access to the jewish virtual library. The palestinians said the report was a victory for international law, but israel called it shameful. On friday, israel decided to reduce its diplomatic delegation in turkey to the minimum required after violent pro palestinian protests hit israeli diplomatic missions in ankara and istanbul. Its leaders have the chutzpah to claim that they know better than israelis.
The united nations general assembly on 15 may 1947 created the special committee on. In fact, those who believe israel should disappear can claim that is a pro peace position. On thursday, france moved to block pro palestinian protests throughout the country after a previous march turned ended in bloodshed. If the pro palestinian camp in the west were investing a similar amount of its anti israel efforts in promoting moderation and civil society among palestinians, it would be doing them a great service. Thousands attend propalestine rally in new zealand. A number of pro israel organizations in the united states received letters from al jazeera on friday, informing them their employees will appear on the qatariowned networks upcoming documentary on the israel lobby in washington the letters gave the organizations three weeks to respond to the contents of the upcoming report, but did not indicate when the report would be broadcast. The largest pro israel lobbying group is christians united. Republican frontrunner donald trump released a campaign video saying he is very pro israel and that he would love to see a deal made between israel and the palestinians. The united nations has adopted twentyone resolutions singling out israel for alleged war crimes that were the result of palestinian terrorism. The 10 countries with the lowest voting coincidence with the united states were, in ascending order. Israel is the only country that drops notices of where and when it will be sending a rocket to take out hamas rocketlaunchers, and fires a warning shot that does not hurt anybody prior to actually. Israeli ambassador to the united nations danny danon became the first.
I have long argued that, instead of talking about pro palestinian activism, it would be much more accurate to talk about anti israel activism, because the goals and methods of groups like the bds movement that advocates boycotting israel show a singleminded focus on demonizing the jewish state in order to justify its eventual elimination. Its for various reasons geo political, technological, balancing the weight of super powers etc. I am pro palestine because i do not believe land can simply be taken from people who already live there. Posted on october 21, 2010 by admin aipac americas pro israel lobby. The israel lobby at times called the zionist lobby is the diverse coalition of those who, as individuals andor as groups, seek to influence the foreign policy of the united states in support of israel or the policies of the government of israel. If you support secularism, democracy, and a twostate solution and you oppose hamas, settlement expansion, and. How to install or uninstall apps and programs lenovo. So you really dont have to choose between being proisrael or pro palestine. In essence, it means one supports the right of israel to exist and continue to exist as a jewish state free of violent attacks from its neighbors, or iran, or any other threatening country. Ronen shoval is the chairman and founder of the im tirtzu movement and. General assembly resolution declaring null and void president trumps recognition of jerusalem as israel. J street is not a pro israel organization j streets approach is arrogant and paternalistic. But in 2010, after the pro israel organization z street applied for tax.
Having met and talked to multiple palestinians, i think the main problem is that both sides are unwilling to compromise. You cant be pro palestinian state while fighting the. Issues relating to the state of israel and aspects of the arabisraeli conflict and more recently. Pro israel demonstrators contended with pro hamas groups, neturei karta and turks in new york who called to free palestine tuesday night. S, the most stable country in the mideast by far, a democracy, and very helpful worldwide. Shouting anti israel slogans or organizing israel apartheid week in the us and canada does not necessarily make a person pro palestinian. Burundi, syria, north korea, turkmenistan, venezuela, nicaragua, niger, cuba, cambodia, and iran. The israelis supported the resolution because it called on the arab states to accept israel s right to live in peace within. Since the creation of the council in 2006, it has resolved almost more resolutions condemning israel than on the rest of the world combined. The balance of power is so completely skewed that the word no longer. Even in a proisrael article, the new york times cant resist anti israel barbs. Communication dated 2 february 2017 from the permanent mission of israel to the united nations addressed to the office of the secretarygeneral of the united nations english. What being propalestinian means to me as an american. Proisrael groups receive letters from al jazeera seeking.
Israeli lobby in the us managed to infiltrate all aspects of government, thus formulating us policy directly. And i will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee. About 600,000 jews live in about 140 settlements built since israel s occupation of the. Algemeiner no list of pro israel supporters would be complete without continue reading. Erdogan talks israel and creation of palestinian state at. One supports the right of israel to exist as a sanctuary. The wjc and its affiliates actively defend the legitimacy of israel on all levels and. I went to israel in june 2017 to see firsthand the country the united nations spends half its time on. Israel, amoung other things, invented the cellphone. There are various reasons for defending my above statement 1.
On one side, supporters of israel feel that it is harshly judged by standards that are. Throughout this debate, whether pro israel groups have been receiving additional scrutiny from the irs has remained unclear. The islamic human rights commission, which organised the march, said the end point was selected as a rallying point against the usas unyielding support of israel. Following shout down of pro israel speaker, vassar college calls out antisemitism. I go to map editor and i go to coordinates made by promods of israel 107000. Great proisrael links israel supporters are never alone. So to be proisrael today is to fight the cultural forces that are attacking israel s right to defend itself and the jewish peoples right to have its own homeland and its own state.