A Single Question for Ban Ki-moon

Arlene Kushner:

The question is why?

And it is posed in response to a statement made on behalf of the secretary-general of the UN this week:

“A way must be found for Jerusalem to emerge as a capital of two states.”

It is, of course, important to keep in mind that Ban Ki-moon represents one of the most morally deficient of international agencies, an agency that is blatantly and unabashedly anti-Israel.

And yet… and yet… there is a perversity to Ban’s logic – or absence thereof – that is greatly troubling.

Every single resolution of the UN Security Council pertinent to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has said that the issues must be resolved via negotiations between the parties. And here comes the head of the UN, with a statement that directly undermines that principle: He is prepared to state before the fact of final negotiations what the outcome “must” be.

And why “must” it be?

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