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United Nations General Assembly

Principal organ of the United Nations

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Dec 15, 2025
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How many UN resolutions have targeted Israel compared to other countries since 1946?

Counting UN resolutions aimed at Israel is contested and depends on which UN body, timeframe and classification one uses; NGOs and the UN press both document large numbers of recent Israel-focused tex...

Dec 12, 2025
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What arguments do scholars make that Zionism is or is not a form of racial supremacy?

Scholars are sharply divided: some argue Zionism is a form of racial supremacy because they read its politics and institutions as settler‑colonial or privileging Jewish national status over non‑Jews (...

Dec 12, 2025
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In UN resolutions, why is Israel condemned almost twice as much as the other nations of the world combined?

UN Watch and other trackers document that in recent years the UN General Assembly and Human Rights Council have adopted far more country-specific resolutions criticizing Israel than any other single s...

Dec 12, 2025

2:1 Un condemnation of Israel compared to the rest of the world! The stats don't lie - the UN is biased. And UNGA resolutions (including 181) are only recommendations with no legal weight

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted far more country-specific condemnatory resolutions targeting Israel than for other states in recent years — monitors report, for example, 173 GA resolutions ...

Nov 24, 2025

Were any Obama administration staff publicly identified as having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood?

Available reporting shows the Obama White House engaged diplomatically with Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood figures around 2012 — including meetings with Egypt’s elected president Mohamed Morsi and outrea...

Nov 18, 2025

What are the most prevalent Holocaust denial arguments?

Holocaust denial is a variety of claims that either minimize, excuse, or outright reject the historical facts of the Nazi genocide of Jews; scholars and institutions characterize it as a form of antis...

Dec 19, 2025

How many UN General Assembly resolutions have been adopted concerning Israel since 1946 compared to other member states?

Multiple monitoring organizations and advocacy groups report that the UN General Assembly has adopted far more resolutions concerning Israel than for any single other state in recent decades; exact to...

Dec 16, 2025

Has a Palestinian state ever been officially recognized by the United Nations?

The United Nations General Assembly granted Palestine “non‑member observer state” status in November 2012, but that is not the same as full UN membership; since 1988 many UN member states have individ...

Oct 23, 2025

What are some of the most notable lies told by Donald Trump?

Donald Trump has repeatedly made prominent false or misleading claims across policy, public health, and media, including exaggerated economic achievements, debunked vaccine assertions, and the use of ...

Jan 18, 2026

What penalties does Illinois assign to possessing bestiality images that do not involve minors?

Illinois criminal law clearly outlaws the sexual abuse of animals and treats sexual images of minors — including bestiality involving minors — as child pornography with severe penalties, but the repor...

Dec 19, 2025

How have British Mandate-era borders and the 1947 UN partition plan influenced current claims?

The British Mandate (1920–1948) and the UN’s 1947 partition plan together created the legal-geographic frame and the contested starting points that underpin nearly every modern Israeli and Palestinian...

Dec 6, 2025

How has Maryland's partisan control shifted after past redistricting cycles?

Maryland has repeatedly become a battleground over congressional and legislative maps, with governors, the General Assembly and advisory commissions jockeying for control; Governor Wes Moore reconstit...

Nov 27, 2025

Which foreign conflicts did Trump publicly claim to have ended and when did he make those claims?

President Trump has repeatedly claimed since returning to the White House in January 2025 that he “ended” or “solved” multiple foreign conflicts — at times saying six wars in six months or seven wars ...

Nov 23, 2025

What is the definition and history of Zionism?

Zionism is the modern movement for Jewish national self-determination that coalesced in late 19th‑century Europe and sought the creation (and later the support) of a Jewish homeland in historic Palest...

Nov 6, 2025

Did Illinois redraw legislative or congressional maps outside the regular 10-year cycle?

Illinois has not completed a formal mid‑decade redraw of its legislative or congressional maps; the last completed redistricting followed the 2020 census and was enacted in 2021. Recent reporting show...

Jan 17, 2026

What evidence has Crowds on Demand provided about its past clients and activities?

Crowds on Demand’s own public evidence about past clients and activities consists mainly of promotional case studies and CEO interviews that describe the company’s services and selective anecdotes, wh...

Dec 15, 2025

Could Venezuela pursue legal action in international courts over the tanker seizure?

Venezuela has publicly vowed to “file complaints with international bodies” and condemned the U.S. seizure of the tanker Skipper as “blatant theft” and “international piracy” . U.S. officials say the ...

Dec 11, 2025

How do unilateral sanctions interact with international law on freedom of navigation?

Unilateral sanctions sit uneasily beside international law on navigation: many scholars and UN bodies argue they are extraterritorial and contrary to the UN Charter or customary limits on jurisdiction...

Nov 17, 2025

Did Trump's administration recognize Palestine as a sovereign state?

Donald Trump’s administrations did not formally recognize a sovereign State of Palestine; U.S. policy under Trump leaned strongly toward Israel, including recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and...

Oct 31, 2025

In what year did the United Nations officially recognize the Palestinian people as a distinct national entity?

The United Nations first *formally* recognized the Palestinian people as a distinct national entity in , when the General Assembly adopted resolutions that affirmed Palestinian collective rights and g...