MOSHE PHILLIPS -- Ambassador Tammy Bruce reaffirmed both America’s commitment to its allies and its insistence that international norms apply equally to all.
Far too often in the past 25 years, the United States has hesitated to stand firmly with Israel at the United Nations, allowing bias and double standards to harden into institutional routine. But that has changed. The Obama-Biden era at the world body is no more.
The recent actions of Ambassador Tammy Bruce stand out not only as straightforward but principled. Her remarks at her first U.N. Security Council meeting marked a rare moment of honesty in a forum that has a penchant for reflexively condemning democracies while excusing or ignoring the behavior of their adversaries.
Bruce spoke out against the “double standards” targeting Israel at the Dec. 29 meeting of the U.N. Security Council in a way that was necessary and honest.