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UN Conspires to Oust Jewish Group from PA Vote
Arutz Sheva ^ | 29/11/12 | Rachel Hirshfeld

Posted on 11/29/2012 3:43:30 PM PST by Eleutheria5

In yet another example of the United Nations’ bias against Israel, the international body’s “Division for Palestinian Rights” (DPR) sent a letter to its pass office yesterday asking that it withdraw passes issued to a prominent Jewish organization, while it “pack[ed] the Assembly” with so-called “Palestine” supporters, Breitbart.com reported.

Upon receiving the request, UN security officials revoked the passes, which had already been printed and handed to 23 pro-Israel Jewish young adults, who were part of an educational program associated with the Taglit-Birthright Israel alumni community.

“The Jewish group had requested passes for November 29, 2012 to attend separate events: the ‘UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People’ in the morning and the General Assembly debate on ‘The Question of Palestine’ which commences at 3 p.m. in the afternoon,” according to Breitbart.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is beseeching the UN to grant the PA Observer status, thus enabling it to achieve de facto status as a sovereign state and effectively circumvent final status negotiations with Israel.

The aforementioned “Solidarity Day” refers to the annual event that takes place on the anniversary of the General Assembly vote of November 29, 1947 to partition Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state.

The 1947 UN resolution was immediately rejected by all Arab countries, who then waged war against the newly established State of Israel in an effort to wipe it off the map and obliterate any reality of Jewish statehood. The resolution was joyfully welcomed by the majority Jewish establishment.

While “Solidarity Day” is widely advertised on the UN website, with the words “NGO’s are invited to attend”, the DPR, through “a flurry of phone calls and emails… conducted an intense campaign of exclusion and disenfranchisement” against the Jewish group,” Breitbart reported. .....

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; judenraus; palestinian; un; vote; waronterror
What the hell were they planning to do at these events, anyway. Jump on the bandwagon of idiocy?
1 posted on 11/29/2012 3:43:34 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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The UN of modern time is an antisemitic hate group almost on the scale of the Nazi's.
2 posted on 11/29/2012 3:46:57 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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