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February 2, 2017

When Will the UN Make the Palestinians Uphold Their Commitments?

The audience reacting to UN Security Council Dec. 23 vote on Resolution 2334 (UN photo)
"The day after passage of Resolution 2334, the Palestinian Authority celebrated the news with a cartoon on its Facebook page showing a bloody knife thrust into a map of Israel.

Clearly, ending violence and incitement is not part of the Palestinian agenda.

Indeed, through Palestinian eyes, Resolution 2334 was interpreted not as imposing an affirmative obligation on the Palestinians, but rather granting them an additional license to kill - as if they required any further motivation.

This fashionable excusing of Palestinian terrorism is borderline racism, ascribing barbarism to an entire population. The world seems to be saying: Palestinians can't possibly end the violence.They have no impulse control. The rules of civilization do not apply to them....

Instead of moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, perhaps the Trump administration should undertake a more novel strategy: Place the Palestinians on notice that terrorism is as much an impediment to peace as are settlements, and that foreign aid, and America's goodwill in the peace process, will depend on the Palestinians honoring their obligations...

Palestinians have proven over and over again that their lust of violence is much stronger than their taste for nation building."
Date
February 2, 2017
Title
When Will the UN Make the Palestinians Uphold Their Commitments?, The Algemeiner
Author(s)
Thane Rosenbaum
Original Source
https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/02/02/when-will-the-un-make-the-palestinians-uphold-their-commitments/
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Date Title
12/23/2016 Security Council Resolution S/RES/2334 (2016)
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