(Council on Foreign Relations) Elliott Abrams - On Dec. 18, the UN General Assembly adopted nine resolutions against Israel. Perhaps the most striking event in the Middle East this past week was the attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. At the Yarmouk camp, roughly 100,000 Palestinians are said to have fled after air strikes that killed dozens of people. On this, the General Assembly is silent, while it repeats its litany of complaints against Israel. The logical conclusion is that the UNGA isn't interested in Palestinians except as a weapon with which to attack Israel. When someone else acts, and actually attacks Palestinians, that's too bad but isn't of widespread interest. The writer is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the CFR.
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