Last week, Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, traveled to New York City to attend an annual UN General Assembly gathering. There, he made what many would consider a truly humanitarian announcement: Iran, he said, is "dedicated to the total elimination of all forms of racial discrimination" (here).
No doubt, for literally tens of millions of people--perhaps even hundreds of millions--this explicit dedication to fight racism must have been inspiring. It seemed a perfectly timed humanitarian statement to make at the Humanitarian capital of the world, the United Nations, just when the entire General Assembly was gathering.
Such a humanitarian declaration must have been especially heartwarming to amateur humanitarians everywhere because it specifically mentioned Zionism. The full statement the Iranian Foreign Minister made was this: Iran was "dedicated to the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, including apartheid and Zionism [emphasis added]" (ibid).
Ahh, yes, Zionism. Of course you realize that, in the 21st Century, "Zionism" does not refer to Peru or Haiti or Puerto Rico. It refers exclusively to one country: Israel. That's a fact.
In this world, there is only one Zionist state--the Jewish State, Israel. Iran's Foreign Minister had made a very simple point. His country was openly and willfully dedicated to "eliminating" both apartheid and Zionism. To make this perfectly clear: since Israel is the only nation identified with Zionism, when the Iranian Foreign Minister says his country wants to eliminate "racial discrimination [that is, racism], apartheid and Zionism", he is openly telling us that his country seeks to eliminate the Zionist Israel.
The inference is, Zionism is indeed racism (where have we heard that before?); Israel is Zionism itself; therefore, Israel is, by definition, both racist and apartheid; and to eliminate that racism and its stepchild, apartheid policies, Israel must be destroyed.
What a nice thought. Just after the Iranian Foreign Minister made this statement (September 24. 2021), the Jerusalem Post Magazine published a large front-page picture of a man holding up a poster containing just three words, all painted in large, bold letters saying, "ZIONISM IS RACISM".
It's a catchy phrase, eh? It's so very simple. It's so easy to read. It's so easy to understand: Zionism--that is, Israel--is racism itself.
To present such a horrid, hateful idea at the United Nations is astonishing. Think about it: Iran's Foreign Minister stood at the UN--the world's most significant "Temple of Peace and Humanitarianism"--and declared publicly that his nation was "dedicating" itself to eradicating another UN sovereign state? Really?
The UN Charter is opposed to that. The UN Charter dedicates the UN to declarations of peace, not to declarations of annihilating another Member State.
This isn't a new story. It's been going on for 20 years, since the infamous Durban I Conference. What's new is, the ease with which such bigotry is spoken in the hallway of the "Holy Humanitarian" United Nations.
When Iran's Foreign Minister expresses his nation's desire to destroy another Member state, isn't that an obvious declaration of war? From the House of Peace? Really?
There must have been quite an uproar of condemnations from other Member States of the UN, yes? Well, let me ask you: did you hear the outrage? Did you hear the anger directed at Iran for desecrating the Holy walls of the "Temple" of Peace
Neither did I. In fact, no state said anything. Apparently, Iran has normalized "Death to the Jews!" Apparently, the world accepts that as reality. The UN--that "Holy Temple of Peace"--accepts it
The ultimate irony here is, of course, that the only nation in the Middle East that does not embrace racist or apartheid policies is Israel. Despite this truth, there still seems to be no doubt that perhaps hundreds of millions of people worldwide believe that Israel is the only apartheid state in the Middle East. No wonder Members of the UN have no complaint over the Iranian declaration. They agree with it!
The truth is, Israel is not apartheid (here). In fact, Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East (here, p. 1452); it is the only Free country in the Middle East (Apartheid countries are not, by definition, 'Free"). This is an important point because a nation cannot at the same time be a Democracy, Free and an apartheid state. It's impossible.
It is astounding to see so many people, including so many Jews, believing the apartheid lie they hear every day about Israel. The world certainly believes that Israel is evil, facts be damned. The world certainly makes up facts from misrepresented descriptions, the truth be damned. Clearly, the world damns Israel.
The UN is supposed to be the world's truest "Temple of Peace". It should stand up against such lies and damnations. But it doesn't.
When it come to the subject of 'Israel', the UN will not support facts, truth or peace. Instead it supports the Irans of the world--those who hate the world's only Jewish state.
The ugly moral and legal hypocrisy of the UN is this: it proclaims itself to be the world's biggest "Temple of Peace-for-all". But in reality, every time the UN fully accepts a Member State declaring to eliminate Israel, the UN become a lying hypocrite, not a proponent of Peace.
In the long run, how do you think that's going to works out? The short answer is, the UN's silence in the face of such hate-filled assertions will not lead to more peace. Any fool can see that. Instead, the UN's silence in the face of such hate will ultimately lead to more war.
The UN supports the appearance of hate. It refuses to condemn ideas that certainly sound like warmongering against another Member State. Such unpeaceful behavior in a "Temple of Peace" is raw, ugly--and dangerous--hypocrisy.
The UN should know better. It doesn't. I believe the UN will pay dearly for its ignorance.
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