(Huffington Post) David Harris - Israel is treated by a totally different standard than other countries in the international system. 1.Israel is the only UN member state whose very right to exist is under constant challenge. 2.Israel is the only UN member state that's been targeted for annihilation by another UN member state. Think about it. The leadership of Iran, together with Iran-funded proxies in Lebanon and Gaza, has repeatedly called for wiping Israel off the map. Is there any other country facing the threat of genocidal destruction? 3.Israel is the only nation whose capital city, Jerusalem, is not recognized by other nations. 4.The UN has two agencies dealing with refugees: UNRWA handles only the Palestinians, while UNHCR focuses on all the rest. 5.Israel is the only country that's the daily target of three UN bodies established and staffed solely for the purpose of advancing the Palestinian cause and bashing Israel - the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People; and the Division for Palestinian Rights in the UN's Department of Political Affairs. Indeed, astonishingly, each year, Israel is on the receiving end of more resolutions than the other 192 UN member states combined. No one can seriously argue that this is remotely warranted. You don't have to be a pro-Israel activist to be troubled by the grotesquely unjust treatment of Israel. All it takes is a capacity for moral outrage that things like this are happening today. The writer is Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee.
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