UN Secretary General Starts New Year Rationalizing Palestinian Violence
The Palestinians play the victimhood card and offer nothing of substance to reach a genuine peaceful and secure two-state solution. Too bad the UN Secretary General cannot tell the difference
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon began his January 26th briefing to the Security Council regarding the situation in the Middle East by declaring: “Sadly, 2016 has begun much like 2015 ended – with unacceptable levels of violence and a polarized public discourse across the spectrum in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.” True enough, but he left out the fact that 2016 has also begun, much like 2015 ended, with one-sided UN denunciations of Israel and excuses for Palestinian acts of terror. Ban Ki-moon’s first remarks to the Security Council this year on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are no exception.