A small ray of hope pierced through the muck of United Nations hostility to Israel, and cost the head of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia her job. Barney Breen-Portnoy of the Algemeiner reports: The head of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has resigned over pressure she said she received from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to withdraw a report published earlier this week that accused Israel of establishing an “apartheid regime” that “dominates the Palestinian people as a whole,” according to Reuters. Under Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf made the announcement on Friday in Beirut, Lebanon — where the 18-member ESCWA is headquartered. As of Friday, a link to the report could no longer be found on the front page of the ESCWA website. It is hard to know if US pressure led to the forced resignation, but pressure there was: On...(Read Full Post)