(Ha'aretz) Amb. Ron Prosor - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who passed away Monday, was a great admirer of the State of Israel. The Iron Lady had the ability to see Israel for what it was: a bastion of liberty in the world's greatest hotbed of tyranny. As she herself once put it, "the political and economic construction of Israel against huge odds and bitter adversaries is one of the heroic sagas of our age." The international community could use a healthy dose of her moral courage today. As Bashar Assad slaughters his people with impunity, the UN continues to inexplicably single out, scrutinize, and demonize the liberal democracy to Syria's south. As terrorists in Gaza rain rockets down upon Sderot and Ashkelon, the UN Security Council only finds its voice to condemn Israel when it defends itself. As the West spins around in circles on the Iranian nuclear program, the centrifuges in Iran are simply continuing to spin. It is our generation's responsibility to pick up the torch of moral clarity that Thatcher set down. We must protect her legacy - and speak out on behalf of the values of Western civilization to which she devoted her life. The writer is Israel's ambassador to the UN and former Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
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