Anne Bayefsky

U.N. Human Rights Council Quicksand: Get Out or Drown

The U.N. “Human Rights” Council starts its main annual session on Monday in Geneva with elected members and human-rights aficionados such as Saudi Arabia, China, and Qatar settling into their seats.

The French-Obama-Arab-UN Attack in the Offing

President Obama has gone rogue and only one man can protect American democracy in the next few days: the President-elect. On January 15, 2017, with only five days left after 2,917 days in office, President Barack Obama is planning once again to feed Israel to the international wolves. The move is intended to tie the hands of President Donald Trump and is a direct repudiation of the will of the American electorate who rejected Obama's calamitous foreign policy and a repeat performance by his secretary of state.

Diplomatic terrorism at the UN, courtesy President Obama

The vicious condemnation of Israel at the UN Security Council on December 23, 2016 is a watershed moment in U.S.-UN relations – albeit not as President Obama hoped. Following the vote of fourteen in favor and one American abstention, Palestinian representative Riyadh Mansour and American Ambassador Samantha Power exchanged a telling handshake. Evidently, President Obama believes that he has put one over on Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the incoming Trump administration. But here’s another possibility: treachery at the UN will not be cost free.

Will A Lame Duck President Betray Israel at the UN Security Council?

Update: Egypt Delays Vote The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on a scandalous and irreversible Palestinian-led resolution purporting to decide that Israeli settlements violate international law. All signs point to President Obama being a willing participant and refusing to exercise the American veto.

A Wake-up Call to American Businesses and Taxpayers

U.S. companies are in for a shock as President Obama takes aim once again at Israel in the final month of his presidency. In the coming days, he is expected to direct his team at the United Nations to vote for U.S. funding of "BDS," the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign aimed at financially ruining Israel and smearing the companies with which it does business.

Trumpism for International Dummies: Obama Multilateralism was a Hot Mess

There is a cure for the hysteria gripping foreign capitals and diplomatic salons after a Trump win: soul-searching. For the explanation of why Americans demanded a fresh start can be found as much in the chambers of international diplomacy as it can in Washington corridors.

Obama's Post-election Surprise: Stabbing Israel in the Back at the UN

It is time to talk about the post-election surprise: a bitter President Barack Obama stabs Israel in the back on his way out the door. There is a very real danger the president will dramatically change long-standing, bipartisan foreign policy by refusing to exercise the United States’ veto power at the United Nations Security Council on a devastating anti-Israel resolution.

Terrorized New Yorkers Host Terror-Enabling Regimes at UN

The leaders of terror-sponsoring states are currently descending on Manhattan for the annual opening of the UN General Assembly and their words are guaranteed to be blasted across the global airwaves. It is about time we made the connection between the terror-enablers in Turtle Bay and the terrorism in the streets beyond.

All Jews out of Palestine is not a peace plan

The Obama administration is furious about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent objection to Palestinian plans for a state with "no Jews." In a video posted on September 9, 2016, Netanyahu made the obvious comments that the Palestinian effort to purge all Jews from the West Bank amounts to "ethnic-cleansing" and "ethnic cleansing for peace is absurd." The State Department responded by shooting the messenger, calling Netanyahu's remarks "inappropriate and unhelpful."

Anti-Semitism, Brought to You by the United Nations

The United Nations was founded as a global pact among states, but over the decades in the name of transparency and to further the aim of globalization, it has opened its doors to more than 6,150 non-governmental organizations (NGOs). While governments wring their hands over incitement to terror and dangerous uses of social media, they ignore the alarming focal point within arms' reach: the United Nations.

Elie Wiesel: The man who shouted for us all

This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on Fox News. On September 22, 2011, Elie Wiesel stood across the street from the United Nations, directed his attention to the world body, and said: “What is happening today is a disgrace. The United Nations was a great idea…But they have perverted it.” It was yet one more demonstration of the unique moral fiber of this great man, who passed away on July 2, 2016 at the age of 87. Years earlier, Wiesel had rejected efforts by the U.N. to coopt him with the label of a U.N. “eminent person” as soon as he discovered he was being used to legitimize U.N.-driven antisemitism.

UN marks 10 years of its anti-Israel "Human Rights" Council by foisting Ramadan rules on all participants

Coinciding with Ramadan, the United Nation's top human rights body — the Human Rights Council — has been celebrating its tenth anniversary in Geneva starting on Monday. Council members like human rights stalwarts Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, along with President Obama's delegation, will be singing the Council's praises — accompanied by a mandatory cacophony of rumbling bellies.

The UN on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Where's the 'never' in the 'never again'?

Thursday, May 5 is Holocaust Remembrance Day or “Yom Hashoah,” an occasion to remember and mourn the unique horror that resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews including one million children – unfathomable numbers that still shock the conscience of humankind. Except at the United Nations.

UN names democratic Israel as world’s #1 human rights violator

According to the United Nations, the most evil country in the world today is Israel.

Muslim Prayers Take Over UN General Assembly Area

Muslim prayers on Fridays at the United Nations headquarters in New York have begun taking up a large area next to the General Assembly Hall, shunning a designated ecumenical prayer area.

The UN's 'violent extremism' scam: What to say when 'radical Islamic terror' is too scary

There is a dangerous scam gaining traction at the United Nations, backstopped by the White House. It’s called “violent extremism.” Given the U.N.’s long and undistinguished history of being unable to define terrorism, and an American president who chokes on the words “radical Islamic terrorism,” pledges to combat “violent extremism” have become all the rage.

At the United Nations Nothing Justifies Terrorism, Except Palestinian 'Frustration'

The United Nations played the Holocaust game last week so it could play another lethal game this week. The ruse consists of making a big deal about the gas chambers for Jews back then, while stoking the fires of anti-Semitism burning right now.

UN fails to learn lessons of Holocaust. It focuses on showmanship

Link to original article on Fox News Analogizing Palestinians to the Jewish victims of the Nazis: that’s how the UN is marking this week’s “International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.” The epicenter of modern antisemitism on a global scale is not somewhere over there, but in the middle of Turtle Bay.

Anne Bayefsky with Daniel Henninger of WSJ's Opinion Journal

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, January 19, 2016: MR. EARNEST: "...the release of five Americans who are being unjustly detained inside of Iran...What we saw was that essentially was a humanitarian gesture that was offered up by the Iranians. We made a reciprocal humanitarian gesture by releasing seven individuals..."

IAEA reports Iran sought nuclear bomb and is still lying.

On December 2, 2015 the UN Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued its final report required under the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA). It determines that Iran actively pursued a nuclear weapon, deliberately covered up its activities and continues to lie about it.