UN Hypocrits Ignore Hamas Rockets, Condemn Israeli Response

graphic from bonfiresblog

From UN Watch

"On at least 20 separate occasions this year, the Israeli government turned to the U.N. concerning Palestinian rocket attacks, in identical letters sent to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council.

Israel urged the United Nations to act, and, at a minimum, to speak out and condemn the attacks.

“Inaction today could help ignite an escalation of conflict tomorrow,” Israel warned, while exercising astonishing measures of restraint that no country facing a similar onslaught of rockets has ever shown. Yet we are unaware of any U.N. action taken in response."

The letters are important because it legally shows that Israel tried repeatedly to get the UN to assist in efforts to stop Hamas from the shelling of Israeli territory for years. UN figures, such as Judge Richard Goldstone have publicly excoriated  Israel for not attempting diplomacy, while absolving Hamas of any wrongdoing, though his 2009 report later had to be retracted for dis-ingenuity.  

" Russian ambaasador Vitaly Churkin, who for nearly two years now has blocked any U.N. Security Council action to stop the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad from murdering more than 30,000 of his own people, lashed out this week at "procrastination on Gaza."

Can the UN be shown to be any more biased?  Sure, and they have been.  But this is so egregious that maybe people will notice.  

Nah, not until the NYTimes and its ilk notices the Hamas  crimes and reports them.  Until them, Israel will be seen to be at fault simply because of the reporting, if nothing else.   Amazing, the willful ignorance of the sheeple.