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They Can't Condemn Terror
By Micah Halpern

Friday December 9, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

The United Nations Security Council has not issued a statement condemning the recent terror bombing in Netanya, Israel.

You see, the Security Council requires unanimous agreement before issuing a statement. Unanimous. Every single nation.
Algeria was not happy with the proposed statement and vetoed it.

The US was livid. Ambassador John Bolton was almost out of control. He wanted to lay blame in the lap of Syria and Islamic Jihad. Bolton wanted to know what purpose there was in defending Islamic Jihad. After all, hadn't they already proudly claimed responsibility for the attack?

But Algeria wanted the Security Council statement to mention that Israel had killed a Palestinian child earlier in the week in the Palestinian city Jenin.

This is the crux of the problem we face when universally defining terror.
There will always be countries and people who cannot unequivocally condemn terror.
There will always be those who cannot dedicate themselves to fighting terror. They are the justifiers of terror.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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