The UN

women under Israeli occupation

There is nowhere in that report that says that Israel is the worst offender.

UN commission blames Israel for plight of Palestinian women

I think it is you who have a hard on for Israel

That report seems much more reasonable than the Conservative propaganda indicated. It simply says that there are human rights abuses happening to women under Israeli occupation.
There is nowhere in that report that says that Israel is the worst offender.

In my opinion, some criticisms of Israel have been wrong, and some criticisms of Israel have been valid.
An open mind is helpful.

The circularity is obvious. If every criticism of Israel is anti-semitism then no criticism of Israel is not anti-semitic.

An open mind is helpful.

I believe that what the conservative bloggers are saying is that the UN body released a report criticizing Israel, and did not release any reports criticizing anyone else, despite there being far graver abuses in many parts of the world.

How many examples can you think of, of criticisms of Israel that were based on the truth?

maxdancona wrote:

The circularity is obvious. If every criticism of Israel is anti-semitism then no criticism of Israel is not anti-semitic.

That "if/then" is pretty important. Yes, IF every criticism of Israel is anti-Semitism, THEN no criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitic. That's just a basic fact.

That is not what they are saying at all.

This is exactly the argument that Feminists make. If every criticism of feminism is misogynist...
I think you understand how this works full well.

I can think of many. Let's start with building more settlements in the West Bank

and using economic power over Gaza to punish a civilian population.

Then there are indignities against Arab Israeli citizens.

There are many more.

Then there are indignities against Arab Israeli citizens.

Senator Graham even suggested to The Washington Post that UN funding might be on the table should the President attempt to bypass Congress:

Graham hinted at another avenue to stop the president from going to the United Nations in lieu of the Senate. In deliberate fashion he added, ‘As for using the U.N. to avoid coming to the Congress, well that will create a real crisis between Congress and the U.N.’ He notes that the United States pays for 22 percent of the U.N. budget and that the subcommittee he controls oversees State Department funding. Without directly threatening to cut off U.N. funding he says, ‘I am not going to ask American taxpayers to spend money on the U.N. that would [confirm a deal and undercut the Congress].” He added, ‘If the U.N. is used to going around Congress it would create a tremendous backlash.’