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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-874276
Geneva's Disneyland of Deceit Sets the Stage for UN's Betrayal of Jews, Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Gil Troy - Israel's Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva hosted me on Nov. 12 at an event organized by Israel and the U.S. - "1975-2025: Confronting Antisemitism and Racism at the United Nations." By UN standards, the turnout was impressive, with representatives from 37 nations and the office of the director-general of UN Geneva. Just showing up for Israel resists peer pressure these days. America's acting deputy chief of mission, Mireille Zieseniss, branded the Zionism-racism libel "a symbolic assault on the Jewish people and the legitimacy of the State of Israel." Teaching us to affirm, not defend, Israel's ambassador, Daniel Meron, proclaimed, "I am a Zionist." I quoted America's former UN ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan's summary of the fight against the 1975 UN resolution libeling Zionism as racism. "An issue of honor, of morality, was put before us, and not all of us ran." Diplomats advised Moynihan to "tone down." Fuming, he wondered how to tone down "when you're faced with an outright lie" about America, Israel, the West. "Do you say it is only half untrue? What kind of people are we? What kind of people do they think we are? They know it's not true." After the speakers, the moderator invited comments. Only one diplomat responded - Hungary's courageous ambassador, Zsofia Havasi. Too many liberals ask: "What's wrong with Israel that only right-wing Hungary stands up for it?" I wonder: What's wrong with the rest of the world? Moynihan explained that acting "diplomatically" should only be one of many arrows in the diplomat's quiver. Sometimes, righteous anger and moral clarity are the logical responses. The writer, a Distinguished Scholar of North American History at McGill University, is a Senior Fellow in Zionist Thought at the Jewish People Policy Institute.