On June 3rd, Obama's favorite think tank, the Center for American Progress, released a report recommending that Israel cede its full control of Jerusalem's sovereignty to an international peacekeeping body. On July 1st, at the online forum for Middle East Strategy at Obama's alma mater, Harvard, Professor Michael Barnett agreed and explicitly suggested handing over those areas currently controlled by the PA and the Israeli military to the UN. It seems fairly clear that Obama will soon follow this precedent and pressure Israel to either divide or internationalize Jerusalem.

We must act now to preempt UN governance over Jerusalem!

The UN is a morally bankrupt institution with automatic majorities for the most ridiculous preferences of dictatorial Third World states. Moreover, for decades the UN has shown an entrenched anti-Israel bias, singling out Israel for every type of abuse. It was the UN that declared Zionism, the Jewish national movement, to be racist, and it is the UN that hosts anti-Semitic Durban-type conferences that annually adopt hundreds of anti-Israeli resolutions.

Additionally, the UN is hardly so effective an organization that it can issue credible security assurances. The UN peacekeeping record is very flawed. In the Arab-Israeli arena, the UN forces have played a particularly dysfunctional role. Will they fight Hamas? The recommendation to place the security of Israelis in the hands of the blue helmets vastly overestimates what the UN can do, and shows disregard for the welfare of Israelis who face Palestinian hatred and terrorism.

In conclusion, the belief that a UN trusteeship would bring law and order, prosperity, and political stability to the Palestinians is divorced from Middle East realities. The Palestinians are beleaguered by problems similar to those that haunt other Arab societies, such as in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Somalia. The UN is hardly the remedy for the emerging failed states in the Arab world. Neither UN administrators nor generous outside funding can save the Palestinians from their problems.

According to Onejerusalem.org, which has thus far been on target in terms of predicting Obama's middle east policy-the idea of the U.S. stripping Jerusalem from the State of Israel is a very real threat.  They are confident this idea will be part of a comprehensive peace plan the Obama Administration will try to impose this fall...unless we can stop them!

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