Dear Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,

I am deeply disappointed that your government voted against Israel by supporting a one-sided UN General Assembly resolution, co-sponsored by Qatar, that demanded a permanent and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza that is not conditional on the release of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas.

After the UN already adopted a resolution for the whole world on the “universal right to self-determination,” your government voted for the additional “Palestinian self-determination” resolution—a thinly-veiled ploy to single out Israel for censure.

I urge Australia to take a principled stand at the United Nations and oppose all resolutions that single out Israel for differential and discriminatory treatment.

The need for your moral stance on this issue is crucial because, as a leading democracy, Australia is respected for upholding the UN’s own declared principles of equality, universality, and non-discrimination.

By opposing the United Nations’ anti-Israel bigotry, Australia can set an example for the world that discrimination in any forum should not be tolerated.

The UN’s pattern and practice of discrimination against the Jewish state is shocking. For example, as shown by the UN Watch database, at the General Assembly in 2024, Israel was targeted by 17 one-sided resolutions—with only one each on Iran, Syria, North Korea, Russia, and Myanmar.

Meanwhile, there were zero resolutions adopted or introduced on the human rights situations in China, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Cuba, Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam, Algeria, or on 175 other countries.

Likewise, since its founding in 2006, the UN Human Rights Council has adopted more resolutions against Israel than on Iran, Syria, and North Korea combined; convened more urgent sessions and inquiries on Israel than on any other country; and continues to single out Israel alone under a permanent agenda item at every session.

All governments must be held accountable for their human rights record. Yet the practice of focusing the UN human rights agenda disproportionately on Israel, while ignoring gross and systematic violations in the rest of the world, constitutes politicized, selective, partial, and subjective behavior.

By allocating scarce UN resources to the production of one-sided and politicized reports targeting Israel, victims in places like China, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe are ignored.

Once again, we urge you to take a principled stand in opposing this discrimination, and we hope that Australia will demonstrate moral leadership at the United Nations by opposing double standards, selectivity, and the politicization of human rights.