Sneaky music

Recently, I reported that the State Department withdrew from the negotiations over the UN's Durban II conference. Well, according to Anne Bayevsky of Eye on the UN, the withdrawal wasn't absolute. Rather, it was conditioned on whether a better text could somehow be produced. Since the purpose of Durban II is to demonize Israel, it's hard to see what this means, except that the door is still open a crack.

The State Department also promised to 'participate' for the first time in the UN's Human Rights Council, a travesty dominated by the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The OIC is happy to support any human rights that are consistent with sharia law; at least that's what its Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam states. The Council, in its brief existence, has passed numerous anti-Israeli resolutions - but no other resolutions condemning individual states.

A month ago, President Obama sent a letter to the OIC proposing closer cooperation. The letter's contents were not made public. Perhaps because they would have provoked public outrage?