Editing United Nations (section)

=== Bias ===
The UN's attention to Israel's treatment of Palestinians is considered excessive by Jewish critics, including Israeli diplomat [[Dore Gold]], British scholar [[Robert S. Wistrich]], American legal scholar [[Alan Dershowitz]], Australian politician [[Mark Dreyfus]], and the [[Anti-Defamation League]].<ref>
* For Gold, see Gold, p. 20
* For Wistrich, see Wistrich, p. 487
* For Dershowitz, see [[Alan Dershowitz|Dershowitz, Alan]]. ''[[The Case for Peace]]: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Be Resolved''. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.
* For Dreyfus, see [http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/08/1006396/dont-be-lynch-mob-lawyers-urge-un#When:14:22:00Z "Don't be lynch mob, lawyers urge U.N.."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910130332/http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/08/1006396/dont-be-lynch-mob-lawyers-urge-un#When:14:22:00Z|date=10 September 2012}} ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency|JTA]]''. 8 July 2009.
* For Anti-Defamation League, see [http://www.adl.org/PresRele/UnitedNations_94/5443_94.htm "ADL: UN Human Rights Council Resolution Reveals 'Cancerous Bias' Against Israel."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134316/http://www.adl.org/PresRele/UnitedNations_94/5443_94.htm|date=2 November 2012}} ADL. 7 July 2009.</ref> In September 2015, [[Saudi Arabia]]'s Faisal bin Hassan Trad was elected chair of an advisory committee in the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UN Human Rights Council]],<ref>Osborne, Samuel (30 September 2015), [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/uk-and-saudi-arabia-made-secret-deal-to-exchange-votes-for-human-rights-council-seats-leaked-a6673491.html "UK helped Saudi Arabia get UN human rights role through 'secret deal' to exchange votes, leaked documents suggest"]. ''[[The Independent]]''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903013447/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/uk-and-saudi-arabia-made-secret-deal-to-exchange-votes-for-human-rights-council-seats-leaked-a6673491.html |date=3 September 2017 }}.</ref> a move criticized by the [[UN Watch]].<ref>Moore, Jack (21 September 2915), [https://news.yahoo.com/u-n-watchdog-slams-scandalous-160650242.html "U.N. Watchdog Slams 'Scandalous' Choice of Saudi Arabia to Head Human Rights Panel"]. Yahoo News. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055130/http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-watchdog-slams-scandalous-160650242.html|date=4 March 2016}}.</ref> The UNHRC has likewise been accused of anti-Israel bias by Ex-President of the United States [[George W. Bush]], who complained that the Council focused too much attention on Israel and not enough on countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran.<ref>[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/Human_Rights_Council_president_wants_reform.html?cid=6171460 "Human Rights Council president wants reform"], SwissInfo, 29 September 2007. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811002555/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/Human_Rights_Council_president_wants_reform.html?cid=6171460 |date=11 August 2011 }}.</ref>
American [[State legislature (United States)|state lawmakers]] have proposed legislation to block various UN programs deemed to threaten U.S. sovereignty.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Satija |first1=Neena |last2=McCrimmon |first2=Ryan |title=Conservative Lawmakers Target United Nations |work=[[The Texas Tribune]] |date=26 February 2015 |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/26/conservative-lawmakers-continue-assault-un/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |archive-date=22 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122224428/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/26/conservative-lawmakers-continue-assault-un/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, [[Tennessee]] enacted legislation to block the implementation of programs "originating in, or traceable to, the United Nations or a subsidiary entity of the United Nations," including [[Agenda 21]] and [[Sustainable Development Goals|the 2030 Agenda]].<ref>{{cite web |title=State of Tennessee Public Chapter No. 479 |url=https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0479.pdf |website=Tennessee Secretary of State |access-date=17 January 2024 |archive-date=20 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120000913/https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0479.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Kevin |title=Inside the Tennessee legislature, where a GOP supermajority reigns |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=15 May 2023 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/15/inside-tennessee-legislature-where-gop-supermajority-reigns/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529075221/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/15/inside-tennessee-legislature-where-gop-supermajority-reigns/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In her confirmation hearing before the Senate panel to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, [[Elise Stefanik]], described the UN's attitude toward Israel as "anti-semitic" and affirmed the views of the right-wing Israeli ministers, [[Bezalel Smotrich]] and [[Itamar Ben-Gvir|Ben Gvir]], that Israel has a 'biblical right to the entire West Bank'.<ref name="d827">{{cite web | last=Gedeon | first=Joseph | title=Trump UN nominee backs Israeli claims of biblical rights to West Bank | website=the Guardian | date=21 Jan 2025 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/trump-un-elise-stefanik-israel | access-date=25 Jan 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2025-01-21 |title=Elise Stefanik Pledges to Back Trump's Vision of a 'Reformed' U.N. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/elise-stefanik-senate-confirmation-hearing.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Samuels |first=Ben |title=Trump's UN pick Stefanik backs defunding UNRWA, citing 'terrorist ties' to Hamas |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-21/ty-article/.premium/trumps-un-pick-stefanik-backs-defunding-unrwa-citing-terrorist-ties-to-hamas/00000194-89b0-dee1-aff7-ebffecec0000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121184300/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-21/ty-article/.premium/trumps-un-pick-stefanik-backs-defunding-unrwa-citing-terrorist-ties-to-hamas/00000194-89b0-dee1-aff7-ebffecec0000 |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=Haaretz.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Al Jazeera |title=Trump's UN ambassador pick says Israel has 'biblical right' to West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/trumps-un-ambassador-pick-says-israel-has-biblical-right-to-west-bank |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>