Too little too late

So, in his recent address to the United Nations Security Council, outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admits that Israel has suffered bias from the international body, “In final UNSC speech, Ban recognizes Israel bias,” December 18.

Is the man trying to clear what should be a heavily burdened conscience?

Ban took office January 2007. During his tenure the bloated and corrupt UN has shown increasingly unbridled hypocrisy and injustice by hammering away at Israel for manufactured and imaginary faults in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Where has Ban been for the past decade? Any hope that he finally saw the light evaporated when he went on to admonish Israel for many things including settlements, a “humiliating” military “occupation” of Gaza, “preventing Palestinian development” and the “humanitarian” needs of the Palestinian people.

Nope, didn’t hear him express concern about why the allegedly needy Palestinians have not benefited from the billions of international aid dollars that have flowed like honey into the hands of their leaders.

Sure, Ban tossed Israel a bone and scolded the Palestinian authorities for their antisemitic charter and he did note that Hamas has a desire to “obliterate” Israel.

Well, a wee scolding won’t stop the acts of terrorism committed against the Israeli people or quench the insane desire to destroy that drives Hamas.

A hard and righteous fist of the leader of a world body that is supposed to reap justice might. Too little too late from Ban.

Hopefully, his replacement, former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres, will arrive at his new job with the will and courage to stand up to the thugs in the UN hell-bent on denying Israel that justice.

LINDA SLOBODIAN Deloraine, Manitoba