David Singer

UN abandons moral compass in waging semantic warfare on Israel

The language being used by the United Nations (UN) and its officials to characterise the unresolved 100-years old conflict between Jews and Arabs disqualifies the UN from having any meaningful role to play in ending that long-running dispute. The Report to the Security Council on November 30,2021 by Tor Wennesland--Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process – is the latest in the ongoing saga of semantic warfare being waged against Israel. 

Israel swallows UN, EU and Arab propaganda on Judea and Samaria

United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and Arab propaganda has perverted the history of the Arab-Jewish conflict. Their heinous conduct enables them to falsely claim that Jews have no legal right to live in Judea and Samaria (West Bank).  Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has seemingly swallowed parts of their disingenuous narrative hook line and sinker.  Achieving this triumvirate's sinister agenda has been amazingly simple: Start with the year 1967--instead of 1920--when talking about resolving a conflict that has in fact been raging for more than 100 years.

UN anti-Jewish bias hinders end to Arab-Jewish conflict

The United Nations (UN) needs to end its ongoing deceptive misrepresentation of the Arab-Jewish conflict in former Palestine - as it once again prepares to celebrate its self-proclaimed International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – but not the Jewish People - on 29 November. The UN trumpets this date in the following terms:

UN and EU semantic war in Judea and Samaria backfires

Many travel agents, tour operators and airlines seem to have been unwittingly caught up in the Arab-Jewish conflict – as the case of Australia’s national airline – Qantas – has exposed. Websites like Reservations.com (image below), Champion Traveler and Zen Hotels have also been using the term “State of Palestine” to identify the location of holiday destinations in Judea and Samaria.

Israel & Jordan dividing Judea & Samaria is the key to peace

Two Australian politicians from Australia's two major political parties – one of them Australia's former Ambassador to Israel and Government backbencher Dave Sharma – have embarked on a trip to fantasyland in a rare show of bipartisan solidarity that has nothing to do with Australian domestic policy – but involves the "Palestinian People". Sharma (Liberal Party) seconded a motion by Chris Hayes (Australian Labor Party) which includes the following paragraphs:

Biden backs UN racist plan to exclude Jews from East Jerusalem

Israel has a real fight on its hands in resisting President Biden's push to re-open the US consulate in Jerusalem. The consulate was closed on March 4, 2019 --after former President – Donald Trump --had issued a Presidential Proclamation on 6 December 2017 that saw the US Embassy moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on 14 May 2018.

European Union and Germany plot to see Jerusalem divided

The decision by the European Union (EU) and Germany to launch the East Jerusalem Tourism Development Programme is in reality a blatant attempt by them to see Jerusalem divided by creating political facts on the ground under the guise of helping promote tourism in East Jerusalem. The German representative--Oliver Owcza – was quite happy to create this tourism smokescreen:

Antisemitic EU & ECRI policies on Israel cannot be whitewashed

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) - in attempting to whitewash European Union (EU) policies directed against Israel in Judea and Samaria being labelled as "antisemitic" – is engaging in similar antisemitic conduct in denying Israel's right to claim sovereignty there. Antisemitic EU anti-Israel policies:

EU will defund UNWRA for using PA textbooks inciting Jew-hatred

The European Parliament has threatened to block €20 million in aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)--unless “substantive positive” changes are made by the next academic school year to Palestinian Authority (PA) textbooks used in UNWRA schools. EU funding will instead go to organisations that “have a proven track record of promoting educational initiatives in school settings for children designed to foster tolerance, coexistence and respect towards the Jewish-Israeli 'other'."

Biden and Pelosi silent on Jew-hatred in Democratic Party

The failure of President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to rebuke the ten Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives who abstained or voted against America providing $1 billion in aid to help Israel replenish its Iron Dome missile defence system is very concerning.

Jew-hater joins Prince Harry & Meghan as Icons in TIME Top 100 

TIME has made a laughing stock of itself - and its credibility - by including 23 year old rabid-Jew hating Palestinian Arab journalist Mohammed El-Kurd and his twin sister Mana El-Kurd among 16 persons listed as Icons in its 100 most influential people in 2021. Other Icons include the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, tennis player Naomi Osaka and entertainers Britney Spears and Dolly Parton. Edward Felsenthal Editor-in-Chief and CEO of TIME – said of the magazine's choices:

Arizona shames Biden on Ben & Jerry's boycott of Jews

Arizona has highlighted President Biden's weak leadership in failing to condemn Jew-hatred - by selling off Arizona's $143 million investment in Unilever bonds ($50 million still to be sold) - after Unilever's subsidiary - Ben & Jerry's - announced its intention to stop selling its ice cream products from the end of 2022 to Jews living in Judea and Samaria (West Bank).  35 American states have passed legislation targeting actions like that taken by Ben & Jerry's.

Bennett schmoozes, Biden snoozes, mainstream media disabuses

The mainstream media went to extraordinary lengths to convince their readers that President Biden had not fallen asleep during his White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on 27 August. Typical of their efforts was USA Today: 

Bennett kowtows to Biden and jettisons Trump

It has taken just two months for Israel’s Prime Minister – Naftali Bennett - to abandon implementing his 10 years old policy calling for Israel to unilaterally extend its sovereignty into 60% of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) - dubbed Area C under the Oslo Accords.

Biden and Bennett need to jointly adopt or dump Trump Peace Plan

President Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett need to jointly decide on whether to adopt or dump President Trump's Peace Plan (Trump's Plan) during their White House meeting on 26 August.

Jordan is the Palestinian State: Hussein and Abdullah differ

It is rare for CNN host Fareed Zakaria to issue an apology – but he did so after interviewing Jordan’s King Abdullah II last week. Zakaria had wrongly attributed the following comments to prominent Israeli diplomat Dore Gold when questioning the King:

“Jordan needs to start thinking of itself as the Palestinian state. In other words, there is a two-state solution, the Palestinian state is Jordan.”

King Abdullah cannot exclude Jordan from any two-state solution

King Abdullah's continuing attempt to exclude Jordan from being part of any two-state solution remains the major obstacle to ending the 100 years old unresolved Arab-Jewish conflict.  The King's intransigent position came in this exchange with CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week:

UN discrimination against Jews traps Unilever and J Street

The United Nations (UN) false designation of Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem as the "Occupied Palestinian Territories" (OPT) has seen the sorry spectacle this week of:

• A multinational corporation--Unilever PIC (Unilever)--discriminating against the sale of ice cream to Jews who live in those areas by its wholly owned subsidiary Ben and Jerry's  and 
• A Jewish organisation--J Street--defending Unilever's decision.

Lapid-Bennett consensus buries Biden's renewed two-state solution bid

The likelihood of President Biden being the American President finally overseeing an end to the 100 years old conflict between Arabs and Jews--promisingly advanced by President Trump's Abraham Accords--was dashed this week when Israel's Foreign Minister--and its next Prime Minister in 26 months' time--Yair Lapid--told the EU Foreign Affairs Council:

Abdullah-Biden meeting will not help resolve Jewish-Arab conflict

The meeting between Jordan's King Abdullah and President Biden at the White House on 19 July seems set to achieve absolutely nothing towards resolving the 100 years-old conflict between Jews and Arabs. Biden's Press Secretary--Jen Psaki – has claimed: