"We will not vote against Israel for anything in the world." - President Toribiong of the Pacific nation of Palau responding to an attempted bribe from the Arab countries to vote with them at the U.N.
In the era of the Redemption, all the nations of the world will come to stand up for Israel.
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| President of Palau Johnson Toribiong |
Arabs bribing pro-Israel Pacific micro nations as much as $50 million to vote against Israel
Ynet (print edition, Hebrew)
Israel’s only consistent friends at the UN have been the tiny island nations of Palau, Vanuatu, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and a number of other Pacific micro nations. Their firm support of Israel at the UN is a result of their strong Christian faith. They are far more dependable than the United States.
Israel Today via Barenakedislam – While there is little need to provide incentives for most nations to vote against Israel at the UN General Assembly, some Arab states are nevertheless bribing countries that traditionally side with the Jewish state in order to make passage of anti-Israel resolutions more one-sided.That according to Johnson Toribiong, president of the Pacific island nation of Palau, who was in Israel for an official state visit last week.
Toribiong told Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper that he was recently offered $50 million by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to start voting against Israel at the UN.
“We told them: ‘Forget it. We will not vote against Israel for anything in the world’,” Toribiong said.
Toribiong was accompanied by Iolu Johnson Abil, president of Vanuatu, another Pacific island nation. Palau, Vanuatu, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and a number of other Pacific micro nations are firm supporters of Israel at the UN as result of their strong Christian faith.
That nations are trying to buy UN General Assembly votes against other nations speaks loudly about the state of affairs at the world body. What speaks even louder is that these allegations of severe impropriety are being completely ignored by the UN and the international community.
And it’s not the first time.
When the Solomon Islands, another Pacific island nation, suddenly began voting against Israel in 2009, many wondered why. Like other Christian island nations, the Solomon Islands had always backed the Jewish state. Later it was discovered that Iran’s foreign ministry had bribed the impoverished Solomon Islands with a $200,000 check and technological aid.
Elderofzion points to more examples of the Arabs trying to buy of the tiny island nations here and here.
