One of his country's great orators and most eloquent spokesmen, Chiam Herzog, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, often finds himself a lone voice crying out against a hostile Arab-Soviet-led chorus in the General Assembly. The voice that Ambassador Herzog raises is a passionate one - and this collection, based on the berst of his speeches, offers both a clear and convincing answer to Israel's critics and an impassioned plea for that country's survival.
Opening with Ambassador Herzog's famous response to the controversial UN resolution equating Zionism with racism, this book is an emotional yet carefully reasoned defense of the Israeli stand on such thorny issues as the refugee situation, Jerusalem, the Geneva Peach Conference and the recent Egyptian - Israeli peace moves, the PLO, the Arab world's double stnadards concerning racism and human rights, and the scourge of international terrorism.
Seldom has the Israeli position on both the major incentives and the major obstacles to a Middle East settlement been stated so clearly and compellingly - and even more seldom has there been a better opportunity to see the inner workings of diplomacy.
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By Jill Malter
Format:Hardcover
The international community has been exposed to an onslaught of anti-Zionist propaganda from the United Nations for some time. In 1974, the UN invited an infamous terrorist, Arafat, to sermonize it. In 1975, the UN passed a resolution (revoked in 1992) that Zionism is a form or racism!
Now I can understand the fact that sometimes nations get into fights. And we can't ensure that every nation that gets into a fight will always say nice things about its enemies. But in this case, the United Nations, which had a fair amount of its reputation riding on being at least a little reasonable, voted for this nonsense. And just as it damaged the Roman Senate when Caligula appointed a horse to it, this damaged the United Nations.
Given the damage the UN's anti-Zionism has done to the international community, I think Herzog's book is very valuable. It shows just how arbitrary and perverse some of the anti-Israeli accusations have been.
Herzog noted in his speech against the Zionism - Racism resolution that he was speaking exactly 37 years to the day after Kristallnacht, and that the German leader of 1938 would have felt at home in that forum. That speech is the first chapter of the book, and it is well worth reading. Herzog finished by pointing out that "this resolution based on hatred, falsehood, and arrogance is devoid of any moral or legal value." And he then tore up the draft text of the resolution.
Herzog makes some more points in the book. He explains that Israel is in Jerusalem by right, and that Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, needs to be united in peace, with freedom for all religions, not divided, at war, and with restrictions against religions. He explains that the main essential for peace is for the Arab world to accept Israel's existence.... Read more ›
Now I can understand the fact that sometimes nations get into fights. And we can't ensure that every nation that gets into a fight will always say nice things about its enemies. But in this case, the United Nations, which had a fair amount of its reputation riding on being at least a little reasonable, voted for this nonsense. And just as it damaged the Roman Senate when Caligula appointed a horse to it, this damaged the United Nations.
Given the damage the UN's anti-Zionism has done to the international community, I think Herzog's book is very valuable. It shows just how arbitrary and perverse some of the anti-Israeli accusations have been.
Herzog noted in his speech against the Zionism - Racism resolution that he was speaking exactly 37 years to the day after Kristallnacht, and that the German leader of 1938 would have felt at home in that forum. That speech is the first chapter of the book, and it is well worth reading. Herzog finished by pointing out that "this resolution based on hatred, falsehood, and arrogance is devoid of any moral or legal value." And he then tore up the draft text of the resolution.
Herzog makes some more points in the book. He explains that Israel is in Jerusalem by right, and that Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, needs to be united in peace, with freedom for all religions, not divided, at war, and with restrictions against religions. He explains that the main essential for peace is for the Arab world to accept Israel's existence.... Read more ›
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