Yet more Arab Hypocracy.

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Last month Arab states in the UN General Assembly got passed a nonbonding bill which demanded that Israel do more to protect Palestinian children during its raids on terrorist bases in the Palestinian territories. Israel accepted the bill and says they are currently working on ways to further lessen the impact their counter terrorism actions have upon the civilian population.

Attempting to build on this "save the children" movement the Israeli government introduced its first UN bill in 30 years which called for the protection of Israeli children from terrorism. A funny thing happened though; the Arab diplomats who just weeks before were loudly stating how all children need to be protected against violence have viciously attacked the Israeli bill and have formed a voting block against it. So why are these hypocrites so against passing a bill which protects Israeli children but so for a bill which demands Israel do more to protect Palestinian children? Could it be these Arab partisans don't really care about any children and are instead just interested in continuing their pattern of hate and anti-Semitism?

That Israel would listen and take action upon the concerns of people who profess to be Israel’s sworn enemies shows how open minded Israel is being. How can Arab diplomats demand all children be protected against violence yet block a bill which would condemn terrorist attacks upon school buses? I can only surmise that the Arab diplomats are liars who don’t care one bit about children and instead are just looking for propaganda attacks against Israel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3241884.stm

[DaShi]

Because bombing innocent children in reckless disregard for their safety is far worse than bombing them deliberately.

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Obviously. Or atleast the Arab block believes so.

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Yet more Arab Hypocracy.

Originally posted by Oerdin
A funny thing happened though; the Arab diplomats who just weeks before were loudly stating how all children need to be protected against violence have viciously attacked the Israeli bill and have formed a voting block against it.

What are you talking about? It's the Israelis who pulled the draft bill because they don't like the amendments made to it.

From the BBC article:

But a number of countries of the Non-Aligned Movement, led by Egypt, introduced amendments to the Israeli draft that Israel could not accept.

They removed references to "Israeli children" and replaced them with more general language about "children of the Middle East".

They also added references to Israeli "military assaults" and "excessive use of force".

"The changes proposed are not amendments, but they are shameless attempts to deny Israeli children the attention that Palestinian children have already received," Ambassador Gillerman reportedly said.

Of course, some of us are selectively forgetting all the UNSC resolutions against Israel that the US have blocked.

[DRoseDARs]

Re: Re: Yet more Arab Hypocracy.

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


What are you talking about? It's the Israelis who pulled the draft bill because they don't like the amendments made to it.

This is the part that gets me

But a number of countries of the Non-Aligned Movement, led by Egypt, introduced amendments to the Israeli draft that Israel could not accept.

The US blocks anti-Israel resolutions in the Security Council
They removed references to "Israeli children" and replaced them with more general language about "children of the Middle East".

They also added references to Israeli "military assaults" and "excessive use of force".

"The changes proposed are not amendments, but they are shameless attempts to deny Israeli children the attention that Palestinian children have already received," Ambassador Gillerman reportedly said.

Erm...okaaay.

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I'm talking about the same Arab diplomats who, just last month, demanded Israel do more to protect Palestinian children from violence are now diliberately poisoning the bill to protect Israeli children. They've deliberately added in a bunch of offensive crap in order to force Israel to with draw the bill.

That's what I'm talking about.

[DRoseDARs]

one second is all it took to create a cross-post...

[MichaeltheGreat]

Amendments made to it by whom? That's one of the oldest parliamentary tricks in the book, to either kill a piece of legislation, or to tack something independently unpassable into a bill that is bound to pass.

[Bereta_Eder]

From what little I've read they said that ALL children should be protected from terrorism?

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Re: Re: Yet more Arab Hypocracy.

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Of course, some of us are selectively forgetting all the UNSC resolutions against Israel that the US have blocked.

I'm not forgetting anything. The US blocks all bills on this issue which it doesn't reguard as balanced.

In any event we're talking about the General Assembly which has a large violently anti-Semetic muslim voting block which gets some 20 anti-Israeli bills per year passed. In light of that kind of blind hate the US is justified in forcing some form of balance back to the UN.

[Bereta_Eder]

Why antisemetic and not anti-israel?
The word antisemetic is thrown around so much I doubt it has any meaning left in it at all...

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by paiktis22
From what little I've read they said that ALL children should be protected from terrorism?

I think it was te changing it to refer to excesses of ISrael's Military and the like

JKon Miller

[DinoDoc]

Re: Re: Yet more Arab Hypocracy.

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
What are you talking about? It's the Israelis who pulled the draft bill because they don't like the amendments made to it.

Poison pill ammendments are routine ways to kill resolutions, laws, etc. you don't like. But I'd have to see the Arab resolution differed from the Israeli one before I made any real judgements but it seems hypocritical to support one resolution regarding Palestinian children and then gut one supporting Israeli children. Won't someone please think of the children.

[DaShi]

Re: Re: Yet more Arab Hypocracy.

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

Of course, some of us are selectively forgetting all the UNSC resolutions against Israel that the US have blocked.

Whoohoo! First US reference in nonUS thread! +1

[Master Zen]

Re: Re: Re: Yet more Arab Hypocracy.

Originally posted by Oerdin


I'm not forgetting anything. The US blocks all bills on this issue which it doesn't reguard as balanced.

Having actually worked at the UN I can honestly assure you that the US will gleefuly vote against any resolution from whatever UN committee which doesn't fit into its political agenda, whether it be "balanced" or not. (and most of them are)