Why not replace the Palestinian People Committee with another body dedicated to all stateless nations and minorities? Democratic member states need to understand that as long as the bodies dedicated to anti-Israel propaganda remain active within the UN structure, very little is going to change.

The Israeli emergency response organization ZAKA has received official consultative status from the United Nations after three years of trying to secure that designation. ZAKA will now be recognized as an official body in the UN, which gives it the right to participate in official UN discussions.

Israel is demanding that the UN condemn Iran for its anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Iran plans to host another cartoon contest in June with a cash prize for the "best cartoon on the Holocaust." This contest typifies Iran's Holocaust denial and its efforts to ridicule or use it for anti-Israel propaganda.

Egypt's delegation to the UN last week voted in support of Israel’s bid for membership in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Affairs. This marks the very first time, since 1949 when Israel joined the UN, that Egypt voted in Israel's favor.

Israel’s ambassador criticized the election of Venezuela, a dictatorship and ally of Iran, to the UN Human Rights Council. The UNHRC unfairly condemns Israel in nearly 40% of its country-specific resolutions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sternly reprimanded the world for rushing to embrace Iran. But the most compelling part of the speech was when Netanyahu did not speak at all.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas raised the Palestinian flag at the United Nations for the first time with a promise that it will be raised soon in Jerusalem, "the capital of our Palestinian state."