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07/28/2004 Archived Entry: "Arabs shock Europeans, refuse to condemn anti-Semitism"

Posted by steve @ 03:11 PM EST [Link]

I'D BE SHOCKED IF I WAS 10 YEARS OLD OR SOMETHING: There are something like 80 UN resolutions condemning Israel for one bloody thing or another (or is it 18?) and just four condemning Arab nations. For this reason alone I am not surprised that Arab nations are trying to spike a UN resolution condemning anti-Semitism.

At a closed meeting held recently in New York, UN ambassadors from Arab and EU countries met and the Arabs made clear that they do not accept the initiative for the UN General Assembly to condemn anti-Semitism.

The blunt language used by the Arabs describing their opposition, and their plans to use diplomatic means to prevent the resolution from reaching a vote, shocked the Europeans, said a UN source.

According to UN sources, the Arab delegates were also critical of a UN seminar on anti-Semitism held last month. A senior Western diplomat said that among the Arabs who spoke with the Europeans was PLO observer Nasser al Kidwe, and he was particularly outspoken in his objections to a UN General Assembly resolution on anti-Semitism.

I have to admit I find it funny that the Europeans are shocked at the Arab refusal to vote for the resolution -- who do they think they've been dealing with for decades? Of course, the Europeans should also take a look at themselves.

Read on.