re israeli terrorism tclock orion oac uci edu writes ob in article apr virginia edu ab z virginia edu andi beyer writes adam endor uucp writes in article apr virginia edu ab z virginia edu andi beyer writes the un has tried many times to condemn israel for its gross violation of human rights the un has also failed to condemn gross violations of human rights in many other places around the globe and in the middle east thus leading many people to conclude that the un is biased in whom in chooses to condemn a short incomplete list of things the un didn t even consider condemning incident security council response gassing to death of over kurds by none iraqi air force civilians slaughtered by government none troops in hama syria killing of palestinians by jordanian troops none thousands expelled sept syria kills palestinians none yemen killed in two weeks none sudan tens of thousands of black slaves none civil war toll million killed million refugees rumania killed none northern ireland none cambodia the killing fields million murdered none syrian soldiers slaughter christian soldiers none after they surrender adam shostack adam das harvard edu wow if you were the only source of news around the world it would seem that israel is being treated unfairly luckily that is not the case i suggest reading european papers rather than israeli propaganda arab papers wouldn t hurt either to see the propaganda of the other side anyway you are an example of what happens when people chose what to read don t get me wrong it is perfectly within your rights just don t go off acting like you re objective i m unclear here are you saying that these events did not occurr as you know the un neither condemned nor expressed outrage at any of the events listed i retained those that reflected policies of murder and abuse is that an irrelevent fact to you while i do expect israel s abusive policies to be condemned where appropriate are you saying that you do not notice any degree of selective morality on the un s part do you also find it convenient and easy to blithely ignor particular abhorrant acts simply because the perpetrators don t happen to be on your bad guys list tim clock ph d graduate student uci tel department of politics and society fax university of california irvine home tel irvine ca i have to say i think this is the first time there has been something posted that opposed me without making personal insults congradulations tim i think the other people answered you on most of the factual parts esp about the internal conflicts policy israel very often gets away with more than most other nations due to u s vetos while i am not familiar with every instance i know that the reason saudi arabia was not condemned for killig the pilgrims was that the pilgrims were iranian yes the un is biased but mostly in favor of the us and its allies including israel saudi arabia and pakistan and against outlaw countries like iran and more recently iraq far be it from me to support the repressive governments there but i think they get more slack than israel for things they do wrong again the reason some condemnations don t occur lies in the race or country of the victims the gassed iraqi kurds got associated with iran in the war and since iran was perceived as worse than iraq no condemnation resulted the palestinians killed by arab countries involved another case of who cares it seems that until very recently no one cared about how many palestinians died anywhere including in israel and the occupied territories again i appreciate the lack of personal insults
