The Silence is Deafening @UN

Even after the latest murder of 6 Israeli hostages, #UN has yet to condemn #Hamas 11 months after their bloody attack on #Israel.


The Jerusalem Post's editorial board tackles the ongoing crisis amid growing criticism of UN inaction:

UN, time to end your inaction and help bring home the remaining hostages

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 05:56

Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, in his first Security Council address since returning to the position, August 22, 2024.

(photo credit: ISRAEL MISSION TO THE UN)

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon has called on the president of the UN Security Council to convene and condemn Hamas for the murder of six Israeli hostages.

Danon noted that Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori Danino suffered for almost 11 months, as did their families and loved ones, with no sign of life being communicated, nor access granted to the Red Cross.

"These innocent people were brutally executed just a few days ago by Hamas terrorists. Their vile and heinous murders have outraged Israel and its people and should equally shock the conscience of the world," Danon wrote. "As our nation mourns the loss of these six beautiful lives, I call upon the Security Council to urgently convene a briefing to condemn Hamas in the strongest possible terms and to address the dire situation of the 101 hostages still held in captivity in Gaza. Despite the passage of nearly 11 months since the massacre of over 1,200 Israelis on October 7, the council has yet to condemn Hamas nor act decisively for the hostages."

The ‘Barbenheimer’ Election | Niall Ferguson

Exactly! 

Niall Ferguson says, While Kamala Harris runs a campaign of unsurpassed vacuousness, on the other screen we have the dark, fissile energy of Donald Trump.

Niall FergusonWednesday, August 21, 2024

Barbie and Oppenheimer exemplify the twin poles of America's mood swings. Who knows what next week's vibe shift will be? (Photo illustration by The Free Press, images via Getty)

I am sorry. I've seen this movie before. Or rather, both of these movies. Last year.

On one side, it's:

I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world

Life in plastic, it's fantastic

. . . Imagination, life is your creation

Come on Barbie, let's go party.

And on the other, it's:

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

Except that this isn't Barbie versus Oppenheimer, the great moviegoers' dilemma of 2023. It's the presidential election of 2024, the nationwide executive search for the leader of what we once called the free world. 

Since Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for the presidency, the architects of the Harris campaign have managed to create their own Dream House. This one isn't bubblegum pink, but it has the policy equivalents of a pool party.

We’re All Soviets Now | Niall Ferguson | The Free Press

We’re All Soviets Now

A government with a permanent deficit and a bloated military. A bogus ideology pushed by elites. Poor health among ordinary people. Senescent leaders. Sound familiar?