Posted on 10/03/2015 9:08:04 PM PDT by John Semmens
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power joined representatives of Muslim nations who walked out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech. In his speech Netanyahu chastised the UN for its continued silence in the face of Iran's repeated threat to wipe Israel off the map.
The Secretary characterized his actions as "simple common sense once you look at the numbers. Israel itself has about six million Jews. Worldwide there are maybe another six million. On the other hand, there are over a billion Muslims. Siding with the larger contingent is both the more prudent and democratic option."
Ambassador Power seconded Kerry's remarks and added "while it is understandable that the Israeli Prime Minister would get worked up over the prospect of his country being wiped off the map, from a broader perspective it is not such a big issue. Israel was wiped off the map by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago and the rest of the world got along without it until 1948. So, in that sense, the world obviously doesn't need to fret over whether the region is called Israel, Palestine, or something else."
Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN, Gholamali Khoshroo, praised Ambassador Power's "incisive depiction of both the current and historical realities" and ventured that "it is a good harbinger of the benefits to be achieved through the continued cooperation between our two nations."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/184216-2015-10-02-semi-news-semi-satire-october-4-2015-edition.htm
Excellent. Thank you. I am still so very sad about that speech...
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