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The Israeli-Palestinian clash comes to Turtle Bay.

Sep 26, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 02 • By LEE SMITH

Jerusalem

7:30 AM, Sep 16, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Washington Post: "U.N. showdown over Palestinian statehood tests limits of U.S. influence"

New York Times: "In Boeing Case, House Passes Bill Restricting Labor Board"

Here’s an issue governments can get fat on.

Sep 19, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 01 • By WESLEY J. SMITH

3:41 PM, Sep 9, 2011 • By ANNE BAYEFSKY

On Friday, at noon, U.N. negotiators revealed the final text of the Durban III declaration that will be adopted by all heads of state attending the "anti-racism" event in New York on September 22, 2011.

10:32 AM, Sep 8, 2011 • By ANNE BAYEFSKY

At the U.N. in New York, diplomats have been putting the finishing touches on a new “anti-racism” declaration set to be adopted by over a hundred world leaders at the annual opening of the General Assembly.

12:00 AM, Sep 3, 2011 • By ELLIOTT ABRAMS

The United Nations report on the Mavi Marmara incident, entitled "Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident," is now public and largely exculpates Israel. All the facts are as Israel contended and as the Commission notes "Israel faces a real threat to its security from militant groups in Gaza.

8:08 AM, Aug 17, 2011 • By ANNE BAYEFSKY

Plans for the U.N.’s “anti-racism” event known as Durban III, which will be held in New York City on September 22, 2011, just got a whole lot uglier. A new draft of the final declaration that U.N. organizers hope will be adopted by over a hundred world leaders, who will be on hand for the annual opening of the General Assembly, is now circulating. And a coalition of extremist non-governmental organizations has announced plans to spend four days in New York around the time of the event to champion a pointed message: Zionism is racism, which fits with the Durban Declaration, adopted in South Africa in 2001 that charged Israel – and only Israel – with racism.

4:19 PM, Aug 4, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

Jonathan V. Last, writing in the Wall Street Journal:

And the U.N. circulates a draft of another Durban declaration.

12:20 PM, Jul 23, 2011 • By ANNE BAYEFSKY

On Friday, the Czech Republic became the latest country to pull out of the upcoming U.N. “anti-racism” extravaganza known as Durban III. Canada, Israel, and the United States have already given thumbs down to the event, which the U.N. is bringing to U.S. shores on September 22, 2011. While Americans will be mourning the 10^th anniversary of 9/11, the United Nations in New York will be “commemorating” the 10^th anniversary of the first Durban conference – an outpouring of intolerance and xenophobia.

Shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic.

4:12 PM, May 10, 2011 • By ANNE BAYEFSKY

The Obama administration has been under siege for its support of the U.N.’s top human rights body, the U.N. Human Rights Council. Until today, Syria was seeking to join the Council during elections scheduled to take place at the General Assembly on May 20, 2011.

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11:19 AM, Apr 13, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

According to a new treaty being drawn up by Bolivia at the U.N., "Mother Earth" would be given "the same rights as humans, including the right to life, to pure water and clean air." Both Ecuador and Bolivia have already incorporated the "rights of nature" into their constitutions.

Judge Goldstone withdraws his charge of Israeli war crimes.

Apr 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 • By PETER BERKOWITZ

Elliott Abrams addresses the Israeli diplomatic quandary discussed in today's New York Times.

2:34 PM, Apr 3, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

In today's New York Times, there's an article, "In Israel, Time for Peace Offer May Run Out," that discusses the mounting pressure to recognize Palestine as a state:

With revolutionary fervor sweeping the Middle East, Israel is under mounting pressure to make a far-reaching offer to the Palestinians or face a United Nations vote welcoming the State of Palestine as a member whose territory includes all of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.