Trump said too expensive and they are no good for the US and NO Good for Israel, but he had nothing but praise for the UN in 2005. Just him trying to get brownie points.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva approved a resolution on Thursday to gather a blacklist of Israeli and international companies operating directly or indirectly in settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and in the Golan Heights. This list is to be updated annually.
Israel and the United States attempted to prevent the resolution by gathering support from European countries. However, the resolution passed with a vote of 32–15. The decision to name companies on a blacklist was taken in the debate of the council's agenda item 7, which is an item dedicated to discussing and condemning Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in response, "The UN Human Rights Council has become an anti-Israel circus. It attacks the only democracy in the Middle East and ignores the gross violations of Iran, Syria and North Korea. The absurdity is that instead of dealing with the Palestinians' terrorist attacks and those of (ISIS) in Europe, it decides to condemn Israel.
"Israel calls on responsible governments not to honor the decisions of the Council that discriminate against Israel." ( discriminate ha ha good one Bibi)
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said in a reply that marking Jewish businesses in order to boycott them brings to mind dark times in human history. He accused the UNHRC of being a tool of the BDS movement and acting out of anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic motives.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that the vote further revealed the UNHRC's "obsession" with Israel at the cost of ignoring areas with severe human-rights abuses, naming Syria, Libya and North Korea. The Ministry further accused the council of cynicism and hypocrisy.
Error | US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
Its about time , I hope they don't give in. Man Israel can't help but to use the anti semitic card any chance they get and so few of them are semites. What a hoot!!!
Wait and see what happens when Israel pulls out and the rest of the west bank Palestinians are out of work. Then the P.A. is forced by market forces to sell the land to Israel to pay their debts
I've often thought in the absence of any process by which to segregate combatants from non combatants among the Arab Muslims of Israel it should be illegal to hire them as they so often attack and destroy Israeli places of business and civilians because the have such easy access to Israeli civilians and businesses.
They export ( sorta ) about 80% to Israel. So Israel should make them label their goods so the Israeli's can decide if they want to buy them or not. Again I'd simply cut off all shipments of anything out of the terrorist enclaves but until Israel develops the guts to let the Arab Muslims try some of their own medicine labeling is good enough for now.
Time to play hardball with these jerks.
I'd further cut off the UNWRA from any further involvement in Israel and invite instead the ICRC to pick up where the UNWRA left off except that all aid must go through the Israeli military.
The UN is worse than worthless as it directly supports the terrorists. So time for the Un to go. Or at least leave Israel. It might also save a few bucks if Israel quit the UN as well. Its a waste of money anyway.
While I really couldn't care less about what trump says the realization that the UN is useless is long overdue
The USA & our allies should all drop out of the UN & take action against it. LET THERE BE PEACE ALREADY!
Most of the countries voted against Israel and others didn't vote. Israel doesn't' like the UN because its very inhumane in treatment of non Zionist and the UN reports on it. A long time ago, Zionist knew who controls the money controls people and Zionist have money, most through unorthodox ways, and our politicians know the smearing they can get if they do not KISS up to Zionists.
Zionists got money through unorthodox ways ?
Do tell