Penna Dexter
Speaking last month before the United Nations General Assembly, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned that he intends to submit documents to start the process of expelling Israel from the United Nations. His reason? Israel’s refusal to cede its territory to create a Palestinian state.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, discussing the threat on his podcast Verdict, said if Israel is removed from membership, the United States may, itself, withdraw from the U.N.
Senator Cruz says, “If the U.N. expels Israel, the U.S. should halt all funding from America to the U.N.”
The United States is, by far, the U.N.’s largest benefactor.
In a letter to lawmakers, the senator from Texas wrote, “The effort to diplomatically isolate Israel is aimed at ultimately destroying the Jewish state, which is both obscene and antithetical to American national security interests.”
Now may be a good time to discuss U.S. participation in the United Nations. Israel is not the only point of contention.
We should also oppose the ongoing efforts at the U.N. to make abortion an international human right, and its promotion of protected class status based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
U.N. directives often find themselves being debated in Congress. Last week Congressman Nikema Williams, along with 100 Democrat co-sponsors, introduced a resolution declaring an international right to abortion. According to Stephano Gennarini, Vice President for Legal Studies with the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), “There is no international right to abortion under any treaty ratified by the U.S. government.”
C-Fam’s Friday FAX explains that the U.N. Human Rights Committee, which monitors compliance with U.N. civil rights agreements, “routinely goes beyond its mandate calling on governments to decriminalize abortion in all circumstances.”
Mr. Gennarini also says a treaty has been drafted that treats lobbying and political activity opposing pro-trans policies as crimes against humanity.
The U.S. has leverage at the U.N. Will we use it to stop this stuff?

Kerby Anderson
Next week is Thanksgiving week. But many Americans are dreading the annual ritual of gathering families together because of the 2024 election. You might hope that the shock, grief, and anger would subside after this election, but this post-election distress continues.
CBS did a story on “Post-election Emotions.” It offered expert tips and resources to manage a person’s mental health after the 2024 elections. Liberal women say it is “time to learn from the Koreans and adopt the 4B movement” in this country (by shaving their heads and denouncing men).
An article in Psychiatric Times, reflected on a similar experience after Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election. Her followers talked about their feeling of betrayal and felt they were living in an alternate reality.
Journalist Mark Halperin predicted that the reaction to the Trump victory might be the cause of the biggest mental health crisis in the history of this country. In an interview he did with Tucker Carlson, he explained that “tens of millions of people will question their connection to the nation and their connection to other human beings.”
The election has rattled their vision of the future. He added, “I don’t think it will be kind of a passing thing that by the inauguration will be fine. I think it will be sustained and unprecedented.” He even thinks that we will see violence. “I think there’ll be workplace fights. There’ll be fights at kids’ birthday parties. I think there’ll be protests that will turn violent.”
We can hope that his fearful prophecy does not come to pass, but we should be prepared for the social turmoil ahead. As I have been traveling around the country, many people say they are concerned about the possibility of conflict because of the polarized nature of our society.  Thanksgiving week might provide a glimpse into the future.