At the UN's new site, a worldwide web of anti-Israel bias By Anne Bayefsky September 7, 2009 The New York Daily News Original Source: – HYPERLINK http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/09/07/2009-09-07_at_the_uns_new_site_a_worldwide_web_of_antiisrael_bias.html?print=1&page=all http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/09/07/2009-09-07_at_the_uns_new_site_a_worldwide_web_of_antiisrael_bias.html?print=1&page=all Related News Articles – HYPERLINK http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/09/04/2009-09-04_un_to_investigate_nato_blast_that_killed_.html UN to investigate NATO fuel tanker strike that killed 40 civilians in Afghanistan http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/09/01/2009-09-01_obama_to_play_peacemaker.html Obama hopes to be Mideast peacemaker at UN session http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/08/22/2009-08-22_chuck_seeks_un_rebuke_of_gleeful_libya.html Schumer: UN should rebuke Libya for glee over bomber's release http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/04/2009-09-04_netanyahu_west_bank.html Aide: Netanyahu considering West Bank settlement freeze http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/09/04/2009-09-04_us_knocks_israeli_west_bank_move.html U.S. knocks Israeli West Bank settlements plan http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/01/2009-09-01_only_place_in_nyc_for_this_sob_is_federal_jail.html Daly: Only place for Khadafy in NYC is federal jail http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/09/01/2009-09-01_obama_to_play_peacemaker.html Obama hopes to be Mideast peacemaker at UN session http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/02/2009-09-02_lockerbie_bomber_not_near_death_yet.html Libyan government says Lockerbie bomber is not near death yet – HYPERLINK http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/09/04/2009-09-04_un_to_investigate_nato_blast_that_killed_.html UN to investigate NATO fuel tanker strike that killed 40 civilians in Afghanistan http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/09/05/2009-09-05_khadaffy_moammar_the_mads_plan_to_abolish_switzerland_too_much_even_for_un.html Editorial: Kha-daffy The http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/United+Nations \o United Nations UN has just rolled out a new overhauled website. Presumably, the idea was to make it clearer what the UN does and to make it easier to access the goings-on. Insofar as UN demonization of http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Israel \o Israel Israel and UN-driven antisemitism are central pillars of its activities, the new site does an admirable job. In only five easy steps, the user is presented with ten categories for all meeting summaries and press releases of the entire General Assembly since they went online in 1995. One such category is Palestinian Rights. All the other choices list nothing but generalities. The UN site is accessed by educational institutions, advocates, parliamentarians, non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world in six languages. Sooner or later, almost every schoolchild in http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/United+States \o United States America is bound to log on to http://www.un.org/ www.un.org. The American taxpayer pays 22% of the cost of building and maintaining the UN website (along with all other regular budget costs). And in only five steps your child too can listen to http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Mahmoud+Ahmadinejad \o Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iranian President Ahmadinejad deny the Holocaust and talk about those Zionists' ugly faces. (These were his words at the UN Durban II anti-racism conference in April, which the UN has chosen to archive and place permanently on its website.) Here are the directions to the world of UN-driven hatred for the Jewish people: STEP 1: Go to http://www.un.org/ www.un.org STEP 2: Click welcome and you are greeted with United Nations - It's your world! [Well, with a few exceptions] STEP 3: Here we are at the UN English-language home page, headlined United Nations: We the peoples.A stronger UN for a better world. [Depending on who you are and where you live, mind you] Now click on Stories from the UN News Center. STEP 4: Click on What, when at the UN. STEP 5: And here we are at the gateway to everything happening at the UN. Under At a Glance: Recent Action, you can browse meeting summaries & press releases by just choosing select body and date. What body and date, you ask? A handy drop-down menu makes it very easy to understand the programs and priorities for anyone who isn't quite sure what the UN does. There are ten choices: All venues, General Assembly President, 1st Committee (Disarmament), 2nd Committee (Economic & Social), 3rd Committee (Social, Humanitarian), 4th Committee (Special Political), 5th Committee (Administrative & Budgetary), 6th Committee (Legal), Palestinian Rights, and http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Committee+on+Information \o Committee on Information Committee on Information. Of course, one thing that can be said in favor of the latest UN outrage is that it makes the double-standards applied to Israel even more obvious. The UN undoubtedly needed to expand the index because the mammoth number of resolutions, documents, press releases, meetings and conferences devoted to condemning Israel had become so large that the hatemongers needed assistance organizing all their Israel-bashing campaign material. The amount of UN webspace dedicated only to Palestinian claims - including pre-Israel maps - is huge. There is the United Nations Information System on the Question of http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Palestine \o Palestine Palestine or UNISPAL, and the anti-Israel non-governmental organization networking scheme called the NGO network on the Question of Palestine. Added to that is the constant material churned out by the only UN Division focused on a single people - the UN Division on Palestinian Rights. And then there is the http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/United+Nations+Human+Rights+Council \o United Nations Human Rights Council UN Human Rights Council, which http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Barack+Obama \o Barack Obama President Obama has now embraced. It has adopted more resolutions and decisions condemning Israel than all other 191 UN states combined. Along with fellow human rights enthusiasts http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/China \o China China, http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Cuba \o Cuba Cuba and http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Saudi+Arabia \o Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, American representatives will be taking their place as new Council members in just one week time. Way back in the pre-internet days of 1945, the UN Charter proclaimed the equality of nations large and small. Modernity for the UN has brought an end to such lofty commitments. Anne Bayefsky is director of Touro College and Editor, EYEontheUN.