{"id":25191,"date":"2025-04-29T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beitissie.org.il\/?p=25191"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:22:03","slug":"being-bold-and-not-apologizing-for-israeli-identity-in-front-of-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beitissie.org.il\/en\/25191\/","title":{"rendered":"Being bold and not apologizing for Israeli identity in front of the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a powerful Op-ed, our CEO Ahmir shares the importance of us as an Israeli organization continuing to work with the United Nations for the benefit of society globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The systemic bias is too difficult to ignore. Since 2006, the UN General Assembly has passed more resolutions against Israel than all other countries combined&#8230;<br><br>As CEO of an Israeli-based organization that has become a global leader in disability rights and inclusion, it\u2019s not only professional; it feels very personal. Yet, in considering calls to withdraw from UN organizations like\u00a0UNESCO, I find myself taking a position that may seem contradictory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is: We need to be bold and maintain our presence in the exact place where opposition exists, without apologizing for who we are or where we\u2019re from&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By withdrawing from UN-based forums, we would silence one of Israel\u2019s most positive voices on the global stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-850958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>READ COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ CEO Ahmir Lerner\u2019s powerful op-ed published in The Jerusalem Post, highlighting Israel\u2019s resilience at the UN and our continued contribution globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[188,189,184,187,185,186,183],"class_list":["post-25191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-article","tag-ahmir-lerner","tag-disability-rights-and-inclusion","tag-israel-innovation","tag-jerusalem-post","tag-op-ed","tag-unesco","tag-united-nations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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