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\"\"<\/a>UN Passes Six Israel-Bashing Resolutions in One Day<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Pesach Benson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Top Stories<\/span>
\n 1<\/strong><\/span>. It was busy day at Turtle Bay, where the UN General Assembly passed six resolutions bashing Israel. One called on Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria, another ignored Jewish ties to Jerusalem\u2019s holy sites. See the Jerusalem Post and UN Watch for more.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jerusalem resolution was one of six resolutions condemning Israel and supporting the Palestinians that the General Assembly approved on Wednesday, as part of its special annual session for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which began on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong> <\/span>Plans for Holocaust Education Week events at Toronto\u2019s Ryerson University are in limbo, according to the Toronto Sun. The student union was going to vote on a resolution advanced by the campus Hillel when Muslim and pro-Palestinian students sought an amendment recognizing \u201call forms of genocide.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When it became apparent there wasn\u2019t enough support for the amendment, they walked out, \u201ccausing the meeting to lose quorum and the vote to die.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ryersonian adds that Jewish students attending the meeting faced anti-Semitic taunts.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong><\/span> According to AP, \u201cPresident Barack Obama has nearly ruled out any major last-ditch effort to put pressure on Israel over stalled peace negotiations with the Palestinians, U.S. officials said, indicating Obama will likely avoid one last row with Israel\u2019s government as he leaves office.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrast that with Secretary of State John Kerry\u2019s veiled suggestion that the US could still take unspecified steps. The JTA reported:<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way to \u201cforce-feed\u201d peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Kerry said in a lengthy speech delivered Tuesday at the Women\u2019s Foreign Policy Group conference, but there are \u201cother things we can do\u201d to preserve a two-state<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel and the Palestinians<\/span><\/h4>\n