Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist

Most Recent Articles by Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist:

It’s the Islamic Jihad Ideology, Stupid February 26, 2015
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations is as clueless as the Obama administration in dealing with the ideological threat posed by Islamic jihadism
UN Security Council Urged to Remove Libyan Arms Embargo to Fight ISIS February 19, 2015
The Obama administration should be thanking the Egyptian government as well as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates for their military actions, not leveling snide criticisms
UN Security Council’s Feel-Good Resolution Against ISIS February 12, 2015
Unless unrelenting and overwhelming force is used to wipe this scourge from the face of the earth – something that the Security Council would never authorize – nothing the Security Council can say or do will make any difference.
UN Secretary General Tells Saudis What They Want to Hear February 9, 2015
Secretary General told the Saudi leaders what they wanted to hear about their own commitment to human rights and counter-terrorism, rather than the cold hard truth about their abysmal record.
The United Nations Balks at Jordan’s Response to ISIS Brutality February 5, 2015
We can only hope that ISIS’s brutality will backfire, creating a wedge within the Sunni community and increasing support for the U.S. led coalition
UN Session on Anti-Semitism: Words Versus Actions January 23, 2015
The Secretary General, while well-meaning in his general condemnations of anti-Semitism and of hate speech generally, lost a prime opportunity to put his money where his mouth is
Jihadists’ Sword Proves Mightier Than Freedom’s Pen January 12, 2015
Not defining the jihadist enemy in terms that are clearly based on their own self-professed Koran-based ideology is political correctness gone mad
Palestinians’ Machinations at the United Nations Continue January 2, 2015
Imposing deadlines for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on Palestinian terms, including full Israeli withdrawal from all “occupied” territories within three years
UN Security Council Debates North Korean Human Rights Abuses December 25, 2014
The North Korean people will continue to pay the price, suffering heinous abuses at the hands of a paranoid totalitarian regime
A United Nations Timetable for Israel’s Surrender December 15, 2014
Netanyahu: Islamic extremists to the suburbs of Tel Aviv and to the heart of Jerusalem. We will not allow this. We will rebuff this forcefully and responsibly. Let there be no doubt, this will be rejected
UN Celebrates Palestinian Fashions While Palestinians Celebrate Murder of Jews November 12, 2014
Speaking the truth regarding the Palestinians’ Jew-hating cult of death has never been in fashion
Obama Administration Trusts Russia on Iran November 5, 2014
President Obama has no compunctions about thumbing his nose at Congress and countenancing vile insults hurled by his senior lackeys against Israel’s prime minister. But he appears willing to trust one proven liar and aggressor, Putin
Obama Administration Joins UN in Hostility Against Israel October 30, 2014
The Obama administration turns a blind eye to the Palestinian pathology of hatred of Jews, some of which is rooted in Islamic supremacism
John Kerry Regurgitates Falsehood to Revive His Failed Peace Talks October 22, 2014
Kerry’s remarks at the White House Eid al-Adha ceremony
Venezuela, Russia’s New Ally on the UN Security Council October 17, 2014
Venezuela’s presence on the Council will no doubt make the body even more dysfunctional than it has been to date.
John Kerry: “Life as you Know it on Earth Ends” October 13, 2014
Next to the immediate threats posed by Ebola and global jihad, climate change pales by comparison
Prime Minister Netanyahu Delivers the Truth in the UN’s General Assembly of Untruths September 30, 2014
A sobering speech at the U.N. about the “master faith” and its quest for global dominance.
Turkey, the Jihadists’ Fifth Column in NATO? September 28, 2014
Turkey is not a reliable member of NATO or U.S. ally. Its president’s sympathies lie with the jihadists and the enemies of Western style democracy
President Obama’s Mixed Messages to the UN General Assembly September 25, 2014
It may be too much to hope, but perhaps next year President Obama will finally use his General Assembly speech to connect the dots and properly define the gravest enemy to human freedom and dignity - global jihad.
President Obama Finally Pulls the Trigger Against ISIS in Syria September 24, 2014
According to Syrian state media reports, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he supports any international efforts to combat "terrorism" in Syria
Syria, ISIS and the United Nations September 18, 2014
What President Obama actually does about ISIS will be far more important than the rhetoric he will utter next week at the United Nations
Putin’s Unchecked Aggression September 1, 2014
If we do nothing but add a few more sanctions, Putin will not stop his aggression with eastern Ukraine.
UN Says Reconstruct Hamas-Controlled Gaza Now and Investigate Israel August 18, 2014
Durable ceasefire in Gaza going forward
UN reaction to Hamas’s breaking of the ceasefire August 8, 2014
The Secretary General's statement is, as usual, too little too late
The Media Abets Hamas’s Propaganda War August 8, 2014
Hamas’s urban war strategy to exploit Gazan civilian deaths for propaganda purposes
The UN Continues to Blame Israel for Everything August 1, 2014
Israel’s “golden formula” to ensure its survival against jihadists determined to kill every Jew they can find and destroy the state of Israel if given a chance
Obama Demands Israel Agree to Immediate Unconditional Ceasefire July 28, 2014
If Prime Minister Netanyahu does not give in to the Obama administration pressure, it is quite possible that the administration will back a UN Security Council resolution
Hamas’s UN Shield July 25, 2014
Hamas not only uses civilian human shields in Gaza to protect its operatives and weapons. It hides behind the diplomatic propaganda shield that the UN too willingly provides
The Tale of Two Gazas July 20, 2014
Hamas jihadists criminally sacrificing civilians to save their tunnels built with concrete that could have been used to build schools, hospitals to educate, care for their people
UN Security Council Moves Slowly Ahead on Syria July 15, 2014
Small step forward, coupled with the destruction or removal of all of Syria’s declared chemical weapons by the deadline prescribed by the Security Council