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Nations United Against Israel

Annan abuses power ? sides again against Israel

Refused to condemn Hizb'allah's violation of the ceasefire


By Stan Goodenough
August 20, 2006

For the second time in a month, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan revealed his pro-Arab bias at the weekend when, instead of condemning the Hizb?allah for breaking the terms of the ceasefire between it and Israel, he condemned Israel for acting in accordance with the provisions of that agreement.

Annan was backed up by his special Middle East envoy and also long-time critic of Israel, Terje Roed-Larsen.

The UN chief wagged his finger at Israel after an IDF commando raid carried out an operation Saturday aimed at preventing Hizb?allah armaments from being replenished via Syria.

According to the ceasefire resolution passed by the UN Security Council last week, the Lebanese government is obliged to prevent the re-supplying of Hizb?allah with weaponry, and Israel has the right to exercise self-defense to prevent such a rearmament taking place.

In a 33-day-long war ignited by an unprovoked Hizb?allah attack inside sovereign Israeli territory last month, the Iranian- and Syrian supplied Muslim terrorist organization repeatedly committed war crimes under international law when it rained more than 3000 rockets down on Israeli population centers, with the express intent of killing as many Jewish civilians as possible.

Throughout the war Syria was seen to be replenishing the Hizb?allah?s rocket stocks.

An integral part of the ceasefire subsequently imposed on the two main parties to the conflict ? Israel and Lebanon ? and agreed to by the parties, banned the Hizb?allah from continuing its aggression against Israel, and granted Israel the right to take self-defensive action to ensure that no further Hizb?allah aggression was facilitated against Israel.

When, on Saturday, the Israeli government learned that Hizb?allah was indeed being re-supplied through Syria, it sent IDF forces to carry out a raid in order to thwart this attempt.

As such, Israel?s action was in full compliance with the Security Council resolution, and the Hizb?allah, together with its support base in the Lebanese government, was in violation of that resolution.

Instead of scoring the guilty parties, however, Annan chose to condemn the IDF operation, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire.

Late last month, after a building collapsed following an Israeli Air Force raid, killing a still undetermined number of Lebanese in the village of Kana, Annan accused Israel of deliberately killing civilians.

The one issue that most unites the nations of Annan?s UN is the Arab-Israeli conflict, regarding which that organization has passed more resolutions ? all of which have condemned Israel ? than any other conflict on earth.

On Sunday night, Annan?s special envoy, Roed-Larsen, announced his intention to visit Israel and be as forceful as he could be in dealing with the government in Jerusalem.

In this way the United Nations once again demonstrated the international community?s intention to override Israeli sovereignty and support acts of Arab aggression against the Jewish state.

The ancient Hebrew Scriptures warn repeatedly of a future when all the nations of the world will be gathered together against the restored nation of Israel.

Many Christians believe that the world?s unmitigated hostility towards and unjust treatment of the Jewish state evidenced in the last four decades is evidence that we are living in those foretold days.

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