Dror Eydar
Israel Hayom, Feb. 28, 2025
“Israel decided to vote according to its own interests. In this case, we voted with the US, which always stands by us, especially at the UN. It may also be that in the near term this will strengthen trust between the US and Russia, distance Russia from Iran, and bring the end of the war with Ukraine closer. Perhaps.”
“When I was a child in Ukraine during Christmas, my father would lock our windows to protect us from Cossacks who got drunk and attacked Jews. They beat Jews to death in the street for amusement. My father hid us in the basement in silence, hoping the murderers would pass by. My father’s face, Henry, I will never forget that look. All he wanted was to protect his children. I am not that little girl hiding in the basement anymore… you must choose Henry, stand with me or I will create (from the surrounded Third Army) an army of orphans and widows… which side are you on?” (From a phone conversation between Prime Minister Golda Meir and US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the film “Golda” directed by Guy Nattiv and starring Helen Mirren).
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In the last decade, the UN General Assembly has voted 9 times against Iran, 10 times against North Korea, 12 times against Syria, and 25 times against Russia. China, Qatar, Libya, Turkey, Zimbabwe and other countries that abuse their citizens have not received even one condemnation. During the same period, the UN voted against Israel 170 times.
About 3,300 years ago, a prophet from among the nations, Balaam son of Beor, one of the first antisemites in history, stood at a moment of truth when observing the people of Israel and admitted: “For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him; lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.” That ancient prophet saw far into the future, all the way to the UN building in our time. ….SOURCE