News from Jerusalem

I write this letter as one million people in southern Israel continue to be terrorized yet another weekend fearing for their lives, enduring barrage after barrage of rocket attacks.

The independent UN Watch monitoring group, which initiated last year’s successful NGO Campaign to Remove Libya from the UN Human Rights Council, today called on the US, the EU and UN rights chief Navi Pillay to urge council president Laura Dupuy Lasserre to cancel a planned resolution praising the Qaddafi regime’s human rights record

Clinton says Assad regime downfall “inevitable”
Russia main obstacle to stronger U.N.S.C. resolution.

As we gather in this chamber, an alarm bell is ringing. Never has it been so clear that Iran is seeking to build a nuclear weapon.

Israel’s ambassador the the UN, Ron Prosor speech on the occasion of the General Assembly debate on “The Question of Palestine.”

The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” - The Middle East is in turmoil. Yet, month after month, this Council focuses disproportionately on one and only one conflict in our region.

Abbas delivers harsh, hate-filled speech.
Palestinians don’t have the votes in the Security Council.
Abbas puts all the blame on Israel.

Palestinians burned flags, chanted anti-American slogans in West Bank.
Hamas calls Obama’s UN speech a “total failure”.
Sarkozy: Let’s start peace talks with strict time-frame.

The Palestinian Authority chose the mother of 4 terrorist murderers, one of whom killed seven Israeli civilians and attempted to killed twelve others, as the person to launch their statehood campaign with the UN. In a widely publicized event, the PA had Latifa Abu Hmeid lead the procession to the UN offices in Ramallah and to hand over a letter for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

The Palestinian Authority has information about terrorist attacks being planned to coincide with its bid this week to seek a unilateral declaration of state at the United Nations, WND has learned.