A 'moment of clarity' at the United Nations

[Chris_]

That "moment of clarity" at the UN over Israel

A translator -- apparently so surprised by the UN’s Israel-bashing -- wondered out loud whether there aren’t more important topics for this august body to deal with than the Jewish state.

“I mean, I think when you have five statements, not five, like a total of ten resolutions on Israel and Palestine, there’s gotta be something, c’est un peu trop, non? [It’s a bit much, no?] … There’s other really bad shit happening, but no one says anything about the other stuff.”

The translator left her microphone on and thus unintentionally shared her astute observations with the diplomats in the room. Instead of outrage, which is what you would expect if the proceedings of serious diplomats had been interrupted, the delegates burst into laughter.

Had they been less surprised, we might have seen more studied indignation at the “insult” than spontaneous laughter. But it was just another day in the UN’s alternative universe.

The Commentator

[Dori]

The Commentator

Israel is such a tiny country.  Jews only make up about two percent  of the world's population.  It's quite amazing that there are so many racist people so obsessed with them. 

 

 

[DumbAss Tanker]

It's the world of diplomacy.  Many of the players, especially the smaller or less-powerful Western ones, know what a stupid charade most of it is and have their own dark inside humor about it.  Even the reps from many of the Third World Fascist states know that and laugh at the jokes, though of course not in public, on tape, or within earshot of their own country's version of political commissars.

[Ptarmigan]

Israel is such a tiny country.  Jews only make up about two percent  of the world's population.  It's quite amazing that there are so many racist people so obsessed with them. 

 

 

Those people have irrational fear and hatred of Jews. Why Jews? I notice Communists, Nazis, Fascists, Islamists, etc. hate Jews.