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Also shouting down Israel in the UN is officially AOK.

From news article:
To distract the world from how he’s been massacring his own people, Bashar al-Assad opened up the Israeli-Syrian border to rioters on Sunday, hundreds of whom infiltrated Israel. In Lebanon, Hezbollah—a recognized terrorist organization and a proxy for the Iranian government—organized protesters, ensuring that enough Palestinian flags were distributed. Israeli soldiers watched as Syrian, Lebanese, and United Nations soldiers stepped aside to let hostile mobs rush their border, and only when rioters were at the fences—or had climbed over them—did they react.

Naturally, then, the UN is condemning Israel.

“I am shocked by the number of the deaths and the use of disproportionate, deadly force by the Israeli Defense Forces against apparently unarmed demonstrators, which I condemn,” said Michael Williams, UN’s Special Coordinator for Lebanon.

Amnesty International is also calling for an investigation into Israel’s actions, although for some unknown reason they are not calling for a similar investigation of the Lebanese Armed Forces, which also opened fire on protesters. No surprise here. A little chagrin on the part of the UN, though—perhaps even some retincence to condemn Israel—might have been expected, given how UN forces’ severe dereliction of duty enabled the rioters to rush the Israeli border. Apparently not.

In other Israel-related UN news, it’s now apparently a thing to shout down the Israeli Ambassador while he gives speeches. The Iranian representative interrupted Meron Reuben to insist that “everything Israel says is a lie meant to divert attention from what is being done to the Palestinians,” with the aforementioned “what is being done” later clarified to be a “holocaust” by the Syrian ambassador.

All of which brings us to this link from a few months ago, where Susan Rice explains how the United Nations “provides a real return on our tax dollars.” Seems reasonable.