The Battle That Never Ends: How the System Targeting Israel at the UN Was Built

A Wall Street Journal editorial, cited in the article, argues that the UN's problem with Israel is structural. According to a Misgav Institute report, since 2015, 187 resolutions condemning Israel have been passed in the General Assembly, more than double the resolutions against Russia, China, Iran, Syria, and others combined. The article describes how an automatic majority of countries, alongside UN mechanisms, creates a permanent system of condemnation.

A Wall Street Journal editorial, cited in the article, argues that the UN's problem with Israel is structural. According to a report by the Misgav Institute for National Security, in 1975 the Soviet bloc, Arab states, and the Non-Aligned Movement joined forces to pass a resolution equating Zionism with racism. Today, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab Group, and the Non-Aligned Movement together produce an almost automatic majority in nearly every vote against Israel. According to UN Watch, since 2015 the General Assembly has adopted 187 resolutions condemning Israel, more than double the resolutions condemning Russia, China, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Myanmar, Qatar, Pakistan, Cuba, and Venezuela combined. The article argues that these votes turn into mandates, budgets, and legal referrals, and that one UN institution cites another, until the accusations gain the appearance of independent verification. Israel is the only country with a permanent agenda item at the Human Rights Council. The article asks why the United States and other democracies continue to fund this discrimination, and states that as long as funding is not conditioned on dismantling the anti-Israel mechanisms, the political lynching will continue.