All 100 US Senators to UN: End Unacceptable Anti-Israel Bias

The Fellowship  |  April 28, 2017

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All 100 US Senators to UN: End Unacceptable Anti-Israel Bias

The United Nations continues its ongoing attacks against Israel, but now all of the members of the United States Senate have called on it to stop. The Times of Israel reports that in a letter signed unanimously by all 100 members of the Senate, the legislative body has called on the U.N. to end its “unacceptable” bias against the Jewish state:

All 100 US senators signed a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Thursday demanding an end to the “unacceptable” anti-Israel bias in the international body.

The strongly worded letter, authored by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.) and released on Friday, was signed by every member of the US Senate.

“Through words and actions, we urge you to ensure that Israel is treated neither better nor worse than any other UN member in good standing,” the letter said, describing the “continued targeting of Israel” in the world body as “unacceptable.”

The letter urged several concrete steps to improve Israel’s treatment by the organization, singling out for criticism UNRWA, which deals with Palestinian refugees; the UN Human Rights Council for its singular focus on the Jewish state; and UNESCO, for denying Jewish ties to holy sites in Jerusalem.

The senators called on the UN to eliminate or reform “a number of standing committees, which far too often serve no purpose other than to attack Israel and inspire the anti-Israel boycott, sanctions and divestment (BDS) movement…”

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