Better To Be Disliked Than Pitied.

The Jews Are The Living Embodiment Of The Minority, The Constant Reminder Of What Duties Societies Owe Their Minorities, Whoever They Might Be.

If Algeria Introduced A Resolution Declaring That The Earth Was Flat And That Israel Had Flattened It, It Would Pass By A Vote Of 164 To 13 With 26 Abstentions.

Better To Be Disliked Than Pitied.

Lest Arab Governments Be Tempted Out Of Sheer Routine To Rush Into Impulsive Rejection, Let Me Suggest That Tragedy Is Not What Men Suffer But What They Miss.

Nobody Does Israel Any Service By Proclaiming Its 'right To Exist.' Israel's Right To Exist, Like That Of The United States, Saudi Arabia And 152 Other States, Is Axiomatic And Unreserved. Israel's Legitimacy Is Not Suspended In Midair Awaiting Acknowledgement.... There Is Certainly No Other State, Big Or Small, Young Or Old, That Would Consider Mere Recognition Of Its 'right To Exist' A Favor, Or A Negotiable Concession.