The Hatred for Israel Boils Over at the UN

Anti-Israel Activism at the UN Reflects a Broader Climate of Hostility Toward Jews

Hostility toward Israel at the United Nations reflects a broader political and cultural climate in which attacks on the Jewish state increasingly overlap with hostility toward Jews themselves.

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According to two of my colleagues, who were onsite, the FBI has evacuated the UN and areas nearby because they found a suspicious package that they feared might be a bomb.

They are all pretty hysterical. What did happen is that a suspicious briefcase may have been found at the Chrysler Building and the police evacuated it and surrounding areas.However, the Party of Dirty Tricks will never quit. And they span the globe.More important: Whether Jews like it or not, whether Jews “hate” Bibi or not, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu represents all Jews, as well all those who oppose Islamic barbarism and support Western civilization. (How many times can I say this?)

Chesler sees diplomatic efforts to isolate Israel at the United Nations as part of a broader campaign to push the Jewish state outside the community of nations.

The expected spectacle of so many countries walking out when the Israeli Prime Minister speaks at the UN is just another way of exiling, disappearing, the Jewish state from among the nations of the world and an example of what each and every country, as well as the Qatari-funded professoriate, Hollywood celebrities, world media, including publishing, have been doing to Israel and to Jews.I have just been talking to some women who are here in NYC to attend unofficial side panels that take place near the UN.They keep insisting that I “have no idea” how much Israel is hated by all the “feminists” who have gathered here.“Oh,” I assure each one, “but I do.”“No, you can’t possibly.” They each insist that many thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of Bibi haters will be there tomorrow with very violent intentions. Or so they say.I respond: “They are not Bibi-haters–they are Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah lovers. They do not care about Gazan civilians. They are anti-Zionist Jew haters and care little about how hellish life under Iran-backed Hamas. They are unconcerned with women, children, or men and their miserable fates in Gaza. Or in Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo, Nigeria, or Ukraine. When this is mentioned, it is swiftly dismissed as Zionist propaganda.”But still these well-intentioned souls insist that the hatred is beyond belief.“These women all want Israel to be destroyed. One even said that all the Jews should be moved out from wherever they now live and be sent to Serbia.”This I’ve never heard before.

The atmosphere surrounding the UN gathering has left some Jewish and pro-Israel attendees concerned not only about political hostility but about their personal security.

It does not matter how much evidence has been documented–that Israel has not committed a “genocide” in Gaza or has caused “starvation.” Or not behaved with “proportionality” in Gaza. They will simply not believe this.Yesterday, an Arab woman whom I know told me that the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots in America, such as CAIR, etc., have true believers and innocent followers who absolutely cannot believe anything true about radical political Islam or anything true about Israel. She asked me if I knew a way of turning this around.Said I: “The only techniques that I know about, that may or may not prove effective, involve deprogramming former POWS, general cult members, or children who have been alienated from one parent by the other parent. And this involves having the POW, the cult member, or the alienated children at hand, being able to isolate them totally from their previous surroundings and working with them, one by one.”How can we take many millions of radical political Islamists away from each other? What island could we put each one on? How long would this take? Who would be in charge? Who would pay for this? Would it even be successful? I am not sure.Then, I spoke to a long-time pro-Israel journalist who is planning to turn up tomorrow near the UN to support PM Netanyahu. She is not young. I suggested that she keep her distance and reminded her that she is neither armed nor is she a martial artist. And she insists, always, on wearing her Jewish star.I guess we are lucky to have her and others like her. Must she, all other Jews, every Jewish center and synagogue all require a personal security team?Why is the UN still in New York City? Why is America still paying for this corrupt collection of tyrannies to continue on? The chaos that the UNGA meetings cause is unacceptable.I say: Let’s send the UN to Serbia and de-fund it as well. What do you all think?

Corrected information about the suspicious package: Has the FBI evacuated the UN and nearby areas? – Google Search

Published originally on September 23, 2026.

An analyst of gender issues in the Middle East, a psychotherapist and a feminist, Phyllis Chesler co-founded the Association for Women in Psychology in 1969, the National Women’s Health Network in 1975, and is emerita professor of psychology at The City University of New York. She has published 15 books, most recently An American Bride in Kabul (2013) which won the National Jewish Book Award for 2013. Chesler’s articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Middle East Quarterly, Encyclopedia Judaica, International Herald Tribune, National Review, New York Times, Times of London, Washington Post and Weekly Standard. Based on her studies about honor killings among Muslims and Hindus, she has served as an expert courtroom witness for women facing honor-based violence. Her works have been translated into 13 languages. Follow Phyllis Chesler on Twitter @Phyllischesler
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