ISRAELI AND PRO-ISRAEL web sites are heading Israel, US Blast Pending Publication of UN ‘Blacklist’ of Israeli Companies (see http://tinyurl.com/y9exrbc6).
The web sites are bewailing the threat by the anti-Israel organization. (Even a former UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, admitted the UN’s bias.)
I’m not a Pollyanna or a cockeyed optimist, but I see the “blacklist” as an opportunity for Jews and the companies on the UN’s list.
SHOW ME A COMPANY on the UN’s blacklist of organizations doing business with Israeli organizations beyond the Green Line or actually having operations beyond the Green Line and I will make every effort to patronize that organization.
In truth the UN’s black list is little more than Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS), an action that many U.S. states have declared illegal. The list has is being compiled by the UN Commission on Human Rights based in Geneva; no surprise there.
Trouble is, while states can punish BDS offenders, what can New York or Washington do about the UN? Fine it? Israel’s foes will willingly pony up any fine. Stop funding the UN? That might get someone’s attention. How about tossing the UN out on it’s political posterior? I wager the UN properties in the U.S. could be sold and rented out and the owners would pay taxes on the property — a boost to New York’s tax base; 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017 is prime real estate. Geneva surely can absorb the UN members currently enjoying diplomatic immunity in New York City.
The Pakistan-led proposal to create the report on settlement ties was backed by 32 countries. (The U.S. gave Pakistan less than US$1 billion in 2016.) While European Union nations opposed the creation of the list, they "Obama'ed" and did not vote against the resolution, electing merely to abstain.
The Obama administration was widely criticized for not using its Security Council veto power to stop the anti-settlement resolution.
I don’t know what organizations are on the UN’s blacklist — a list, incidentally that both Israel and the U.S. are trying to convince the UN not to publish — but if the list is published (and the UN goes unpunished), I will encourage everyone I know — Jewish and non-Jewish — to do as I intend to do: patronize the organizations on the list.
According to Israel Today ( http://tinyurl.com/ybhezkyu) a few of the companies that are included in the UN’s blacklist are Caterpillar, TripAdvisor, Priceline.com, and Airbnb. While I doubt I’ll ever buy anything from Cat, I do use, and will continue to use, Tripadvisor and Priceline
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