Special to WorldTribune.com Holding up a collage of photos of Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told the UN General Assembly on Nov. 23 that “Israeli blood is no less valuable than French blood.” Danon spoke on the UN’s so-called International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey As in previous conflicts, Western civilization is being hampered in the war with radical Islam by widespread denial. The world has been at war for sixty-eight of the past hundred years. World War I lasted four years, World War II six years, the Cold War 44 years, and the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The current system for admitting refugees is heavily stacked against Christians, despite the fact that it is the Christians that have been targeted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) for slaughter. Some 350,000 Christians have been forced to flee their homes. Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is solidifying its grip on territory in central Libya through a terror campaign that includes executions, beheadings and amputations, the United Nations said on Nov. 16. ISIL controls large swathes of territory in central Libya and is “committing gross abuses including public summary executions of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s delegation has cast a vote at the United Nations in favor of Israel for the first time ever. The vote last week for elections for membership in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) was followed by a wave of criticism on Arab social media. Responding to the angry outburst, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As Palestinians continued their bloody spate of knife attacks on Jews, the United Nations on Oct. 28 warned the violence was headed toward “catastrophe.” Two more stabbings by Palestinians were reported on Oct. 28. An Israeli woman was stabbed and wounded in an attack in Gush Etzion, while a Palestinian in Hevron attempted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United Nations has fired some employees for its relief agency for Palestinian refugees over their antisemitic postings on Facebook. A report by the Geneva-based group UN Watch exposed nearly a dozen employees of the UNRWA agency whose antisemitic Facebook posts led to their dismissal. “Some allegations have found to be authentic, others […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Among the 193 Presidential and Ministerial speeches being made during the UN General Assembly debate, most will present politically pedantic and often droning restatements of the obvious; that war, terrorism, poverty and the refugees crisis lapping at Europe’s shores and hinterland are among the absolute […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a blunt address to the United Nations General Assembly, slammed the world body for its indifference to Iranian threats to destroy Israel. Netanyahu said that the Iran deal “doesn’t make peace more likely,” but by giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief the deal makes […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi called for “solidarity among all the peoples of the world,” in the fight against terrorism in his address on Sept. 28 to the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York. “Allow me to ask, how many Muslims must fall victim to this abominable extremism and odious […]