David Gerstman a/k/a SoccerDad has a Mideast Media Sampler he circulates by email which is very informative and used by many bloggers.

With his permission, I’m posting today’s sampler about the anti-Israel lawfare being conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council cheered on by The New York Times and law professor George Bisharat (who has been discussed here before, see...

The United States nominally opposed the General Assembly Resolution granting nonmember state status to “Palestine.”

In the short run, it changes nothing on the ground, but it does embolden the Palestinians to hold out for everything, including  a reversion to the 1949 Armistice borders, commonly and somewhat erroneously referred to at the...

Via Times of Israel, With ‘a heavy heart,’ Stevie Wonder pulls out of Friends of the IDF concert:

Stevie Wonder is calling off a concert for a group that raises money...

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird gave a very strong speech (embedded at bottom of post) yesterday at the United Nations against the “nonmember” status for “Palestine,” in violation of the Oslo Accords.

Damn fine speech by #Canada.

— Act for Israel (@ActForIsrael) November 29, 2012

Canada is following up that rhetoric,Canada recalling diplomats from...

Yesterday was other-worldly, watching the sick march of hypocrisy on display at the U.N. for the vote in the General Assembly to grant “Palestine” nonmember state status.

Of course, “Palestine” already declared independence in 1988 and that declaration was recognized by almost all of the 138 countries that voted “yes” yesterday.

What was...

Around 5 p.m. today the U.N. General Assembly will vote to grant “Palestine” non-member status.

For what is the General Assembly voting?

Definitely not for a state. “Palestine” clearly does not qualify.

Definitely not for a government.  Who controls?  H...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, using a drawing of a bomb as a visual aid to express the Iranian nuclear program. He drew a red line where he believes the UN should intervene.

Netanyahu:

I brought a diagram for you. Here’s the diagram....

As detailed here many times, there are just as many Jewish refugees from Arab countries as there are Arab refugees from Israel.  The Jewish refugess are the refugees whose n...

How long before the U.N. demands Bernie Madoff be appointed head of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

In what one critic called a move akin to placing Bernie Madoff in charge of thwarting fraud on the stock market, Iran has been elected as one of the 15 members of the United Nation’s...

UN monitors flee protest when Assad forces open fire:

Syrian security forces opened fire Wednesday on anti-regime demonstrators surrounding the cars of a UN team meant to monitor a shaky cease-fire, sending the observers speeding off and protesters dashing for cover, according to activists and amateur videos.<...

It doesn’t know any better, it lives for self-parody, UN rights council delves into US voter I.D. laws:

The controversy over requiring voters to provide photo IDs has reached the world stage.

The United  Nations Human Rights Council is investigating the issue of American election  laws at its gathering on minority rights in Geneva,...

From The Daily News:

Santa won’t bother going to poor countries this year, so the United Nations Children’s Fund will go instead — or at least that’s the message behind a satirical new UNICEF advertisement released in Sweden….

In a sometimes confusing and grammatically questionable rant, Santa then explains why health care doesn’t...

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post a good Stuxnet story.  Stuxnet, you will recall, is the malicious malware which has plagued the Iranian nuclear program and which is blamed — without proof — on Israel.

The PJ Tatler notes that an Iranian attempt this week to launch a monkey into...

when they are talking amongst themselves or to Arabic media, and what they are saying is that the state they seek from the U.N. is just the first step in the destruction of Israel, as stated by Fatah Central Committee Member Abbas Zaki (h/t Israel Matzav)(emphasis mine):

The settlement should be based upon...

Benjamin Netanyahu’s full speech at the U.N. today was a masterpiece. It is available at the U.N. website.  Listen to the whole thing, it’s about 45 minutes.

Here is a clip of most of it:

Contrast it with the delusional and dishonest speech of Mahmoud Abbas at the U.N. today which included this line:

I come...