"The Last Best Hope"

A young weblog by Aaron Nagano, a student at NYU Law School.

It looks like it's shaping up to become a very informative bird's eye view of ultra-liberal campus whackiness. And more. Here is some of his report on a presentation by the legal advisor to the Israeli permanent mission to the United Nations:

.... While Mr. Becker gave a very fair and well-supported explanation of Israel’s legal justification to respond to terror attacks, his insights into the workings of the Security Council were stunning. He was present at the Security Council last winter when tensions between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed states, were at their highest point and war seemed likely. What was the Security Council discussing on that day? You’re forgiven for expecting that India and Pakistan might be the issue. But no, it was Israel that was in the Council for its regular verbal beating. At least there was some substantive debate going on, right? Nope.

When two opposed parties appear before the Security Council, they sit at opposite ends of a horseshoe-shaped table. Often this is the Arabs on the right and Israel and anyone else who happens to be present on the left. Anyone who sits next to Israel is expected to state explicitly that the position of his government is not that of the government of Israel. So what was the Security Council debating when the India and Pakistan were on the brink of war? The Tunisian delegate’s nameplate was placed next to the Israel delegate, and the Tunisian refused to sit down. The Israeli delegate stood up and invited him to take his seat. For two hours, the Council argued over how to get delegates to sit next to Israel....

And don't miss his letter to the editor of the campus newspaper.

(Thanks Stanley.)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Mon. 10/21/02 10:55:25 AM
Categorized as Social/Cultural.