- Two speakers addressing the second Jerusalem Summit,
this morning, called for the establishment of a new international body,
representing democratic states, to undertake the charter of the United
Nations which, they explain, has been sorely ignored.
-
- Opening the assembly this morning in Jerusalem's King
David Hotel was Isi Liebler, Senior Vice President of the World Jewish
Congress. Mr. Liebler stated that since its inception, the United Nations
has become a "burden to global tranquility" and in its present
form, it would be best for the UN "to disappear". Liebler added
that the international body "displays incompetence on the level of
its predecessor, the League of Nations."
-
- Former Mossad Intelligence Agency director Shabtai Shavit
also addressed the forum. Shavit is considered to be an expert in the field
of counter-terrorism. He told the forum he sees terrorism as being divided
into two categories, "classical" and "current," citing
some of the distinctive characteristics of both.
-
- The "classical" age of terrorism ended, Shavit
explained, in the 1970s, and the "current" age of terrorism began,
pointing out that in the past, terrorists were operating more locally;
today we have seen a transition to a global terrorist operating platform
-- motivated by a "cause" in the past but today, primarily actuated
by "religious fanaticism," specifically "Islamic fundamentalism."
-
- Shavit, a 32-year veteran of Israel's intelligence community,
is confident the need exists for the establishment of an international
body to fulfill the mandate of the United Nations.
-
- The next speaker was Prof. Anne Bayefsky of the Hudson
Institute, an internationally acclaimed expert on human rights law. She
labeled the UN as the "leading global purveyor of anti-Semitism".
The professor pointed to the recent American national elections, during
which both candidates during pre-election debates concurred the United
Nations is no longer an option. Prof. Bayefsky added the shameful Durban
Conference was yet another example of the UN's blatant anti-Semitic agenda.
-
- Prof. Bayefsky pointed out that 30% of all UN Human Rights
Commission resolutions target "human rights" violations committed
by Israel, while in 75% of the organization's resolutions, there is no
mention of some of the world's most blatant human rights violators, including
Syria, Saudi Arabia and China.
-
- The summit, which opened on Saturday night, addressed
by former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, will continue through Tuesday evening.
-
-
- IsraelNN.com
|
