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UN abandons moral compass in waging semantic warfare on Israel

By David Singer - posted Tuesday, 14 December 2021


The UN Special Commission on Palestine also used the term "Judea and Samaria" in its 1947 Report:

...the interior of the country is very mountainous with the hills of Judea and Samaria in the centre

Removing any possible identification with Jews and Jewish history by expunging any reference to "Judea and Samaria" – the Jewish People's ancient and biblical heartland– exposes the UN's anti-Jewish bias in papering over Jewish claims to this disputed territory in favour of an invented fake pro-Arab claim madefor the first time in history in the 1964 PLO Charter.

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· "The Palestinian Authority"

On January 3, 2013 - the term "Palestinian Authority" was replaced by the term "State of Palestine" - when Mahmoud Abbas, acting in his capacities as President of the State of Palestine and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, signed "Decree No. 1 for the year 2013."

Article 1 of the decree states:

Official documents, seals, signs and letterheads of the Palestinian National Authority official and national institutions shall be amended by replacing the name 'Palestinian National Authority' whenever it appears by the name 'State of Palestine' and by adopting the emblem of the State of Palestine.

Article 4 states:

All competent authorities, each in their respective area, shall implement this Decree starting from its date.

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What motivates the UN and its officials to still turn a blind eye to this official name change after almost 9 years?

The UN continues to lose its credibility, neutrality and impartiality as it and its officials use language and terminology which is antithetical to seeking an end to the Arab-Jewish conflict.

Sticks and stones won't break the UN's bones– but waging semantic warfare against Israel is certainly doing just that.

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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.

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