June 19, 2018Trump's wise to quit the UN Human Rights Council -- It's an oxymoron not worthy of our respect or supportPresident Trump has rightly decided to terminate U.S. membership on what U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called the “misnamed” U.N. “Human Rights” council.
October 24, 2017Protect American business from blackmail – Congress, pass the Israel Anti-Boycott ActThe U.N. Human Rights Council and the U.N.’s human rights chief are threatening companies in the U.S. and around the world for doing business with Israel.
October 12, 2017Harvey Weinstein is an embarrassment -- for Jews, for men, for Democrats, for Hollywood, for humankindThe fact is that Harvey Weinstein embarrasses Jews. He’s also an embarrassment for men, for Democrats, for Hollywood, for his family, for his business – and for humankind.
September 19, 2017Making America feeble again: Mr. Trump, don't take the bait on ‘UN reform’It’s an old UN game trotted out whenever Americans get fed up with throwing money down the UN drain or paying for a global platform used to trash the USA’s bests interests and spew antisemitism.
September 19, 2017Trump must confront Iran (not just North Korea) as he tackles the nuclear threatThough North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is grabbing headlines, the nuclear weapons evil facing the United States has multiple horns – and available responses.
June 5, 2017Nikki Haley's challenge: UN meddling in our election and UN 'human rights'American UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has decided to wade into the shark-infested waters of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week.
May 23, 2017Germany's roguish stand against US, Israel must be stoppedIsrael and the Trump administration have a German problem, ironically manifesting itself on Israel’s 69th birthday. Just as President Trump’s emissaries and his UN Ambassador Nikki Haley are rightly insisting that Israel-bashing at the UN cease, Germany is moving in the opposite direction.
May 17, 2017What Americans expect from Obama in 2014 -- commitment to democracy, human rights, rule of law, allies' security2013 might be called the year of the shape-shifter. President Obama, the leader of the free world, cozied up to Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Saudi Arabia poured billions into fighting Islamic terrorists in Lebanon and Egypt. Egypt banned Muslim radicals from government. So what does this confusing scene tell us about 2014? Do our expectations need fixing?
March 24, 2017Say what?! UN Human Rights Council declares Israel world's No. 1 human rights violatorAccording to the UN’s top human rights body, Israel is the worst human rights violator in the world today.
December 23, 2016Diplomatic terrorism at the UN, courtesy President ObamaThe vicious condemnation of Israel at the UN Security Council on December 23, 2016 is a watershed moment in U.S.-UN relations – albeit not as President Obama hoped. Following the vote of fourteen in favor and one American abstention, Palestinian representative Riyadh Mansour and American Ambassador Samantha Power exchanged a telling handshake. Evidently, President Obama believes that he has put one over on Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the incoming Trump administration. But here’s another possibility: treachery at the UN will not be cost free.
