In a first-of-its-kind resolution, the United Nations explicitly repudiated terrorism against Israeli victims on Friday. The Security Council formally condemned "in the strongest terms" the November attacks in Kenya, expressing "the deepest sympathy and condolences to the people and the governments of Kenya and Israel and to the victims of the terrorist attack and their families." The measure was passed by a 14-1 vote; only Syria voted nay, claiming that the resolution lacks balance in not mentioning Israel's "daily terrorism and massacres against the Palestinian people."
The New York Times notes that after a bombing at a Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994 - the Times did not note that 86 people were killed there - the UN Council expressed its condolences to Argentina, but did not mention that the victims were Jews. "It's a diplomatic and psychological breakthrough," said David A. Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee. "After 54 years of Israel's existence, the U.N. Security Council, with American leadership, has finally acknowledged that the loss of Jewish lives in terrorist attacks warrants condemnation."
The New York Times notes that after a bombing at a Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994 - the Times did not note that 86 people were killed there - the UN Council expressed its condolences to Argentina, but did not mention that the victims were Jews. "It's a diplomatic and psychological breakthrough," said David A. Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee. "After 54 years of Israel's existence, the U.N. Security Council, with American leadership, has finally acknowledged that the loss of Jewish lives in terrorist attacks warrants condemnation."