(19.3.2018) Remember when the new Germany was keen to put its historical baggage behind it and be Israel’s best friend in Europe?
That was then. Now Berlin is set to block a historic chance for raising the Jewish state’s international profile.
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Fascinating UN intrigue as Israel faces off against Germany and Belgium for only 2 Security Council seats. Accusations of 20 yr old dirty deals are aired. It’s anyone’s guess how the vote will go down in June. All 193 UN member states will decide (if no one drops out)!
(23.3.2018)
Germany Rejects Criticism of Bid for U.N. Seat Against Israel
(28.3.2018) Maas told reporters before his first United Nations visit as foreign minister that Germany’s candidacy had been announced long ago, and did not diminish its strong support for Israel.
“We are not running against anyone; we are running for a seat,” he said, following the criticism from Washington’s nominee as U.S. ambassador to Berlin and others. “That is a topic that one can deal with very normally.”
Germany’s Bid to Keep Israel off the UN Security Council
(18.3.2018) Why? Diplomats have been telling me Israel violates too many Security Council resolutions to be a member—as in the one passed during the last weeks of Barack Obama’s presidency, which marked Jewish holy sites as occupied Palestinian territory. But is building a porch in [the West Bank town of] Ma’ale Adumim really such a huge threat to world peace?
How about, then, a report released last week by UN experts on the Security Council’s North Korea sanctions? It found Germany violated a council ban on sparkling wines, exporting $151,840 worth of bubbly and other luxury goods to Kim Jong Un’s cronies.
Austrian government says it will support Israel‘s application for a non-permanent seat on UN Security Council. Germany @GermanyDiplo is working against Israel. If Germany wins, it spells another pro-Iran regime voice on UNSC.
(16.2.2018)