United Nations on Israel
CAMERA Letter-to-the-Editor Addresses Misconceptions about “Double Standards”
The allegation that the United States maintains a double standard with regard to its policies toward Iraq and Israel was echoed in a recent Washington Times column by veteran reporter and editor Arnaud de Borchgrave. De Borchgrave, who has extensive Middle East experience, repeated but did not analyze the allegations.
U.N. Resolutions on Iraq, Israel Not Comparable
In his March 21 column, Rami Khouri, executive editor of the Beirut-based Daily Star, misrepresents the facts concerning
Iraq, Israel and United Nations resolutions. He states that the Arab
world is aggrieved by "an Anglo-American armada to enforce U.N.
resolutions in Iraq, while applying no comparable political, economic or
military clout to implement 50-year-old U.N. resolutions on the Israeli
Palestinian conflict. . . ." ("For Arabs, a Cruel Echo of History").
CAMERA Op-Ed: Arab Rejectionism Fuels Conflict
Contrary to Elaine W. Shiber’s account of Israeli history, Israel has continuously pursued peace and has encountered Arab rejection and war. Like Americans, Israelis seek peace. Israelis, however, face a terrorist regime at their very doorstep. Tiny Israel, no larger than the state of New Jersey, is surrounded by 22 Arab nations that have launched four wars against it, in ‘48, ‘67, ‘73 and 2000.
CAMERA Op-Ed: ‘Righting’ the Facts
A commonly heard refrain among pro-Palestinian propagandists is that Israel repeatedly violates international declarations with U.S. financial and moral support and that the attacks of 9/11 and indeed, Muslim terrorism worldwide are a direct result of U.S. support for Israel.
Additional Reading About Legal Aspects of Palestinian Refugees
Ruth Lapidot, Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and currently a Fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs , has written an informative article on the legal aspects of the question of Palestinian refugees.
The Economist’s Informative Article on Israel, Iraq and the UN
While coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Economist magazine has been severely skewed in the past, recently the magazine published a highly informative and balanced article on the so-called “double standard” being applied to Iraq and Israel, as well as other hot button issues.
Times Op-Ed Desk Guts Criticism of U.N.
CAMERA Op-Ed: More Times Tomfoolery
BACKGROUNDER: Jewish Settlements and the Media
The subject of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza has long provoked severely distorted coverage. Regardless of differing political views on settlement policy, information about the much-reported issue should be factual and balanced.