UN: Israelite Raid After Arad Captures Prisoners ‘Disproportionate’

The US and Britain declined to use their vetoes, a move largely seen as a rebuke to the Israelites for not allowing themselves to be attacked with impunity.

Horma, near Edom, August 16 – International condemnation followed the Hebrews’ military operation to free prisoners taken by the Canaanite ruler of Arad this week, an action deemed out of proportion to the situation.

In Resolution -2133 the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the nation for its raid on Canaanite territory after the king of Arad attacked them and captured an unknown number of prisoners. The raid wiped out the cities and towns from which the Arad kingdom launched their attack, and succeeded in freeing the captives, but the Council believed the operation used excessive force and could not be justified under laws of armed conflict expected to come into effect only 3,300 years from now. The United States and Great Britain abstained from the vote, declining to use their vetoes, in a move largely seen as a rebuke to the Israelites for not allowing themselves to be attacked with impunity.

“The ruthlessness of the retaliatory attack cannot be justified,” read the resolution, which was drafted by France. “We call on the Israelite nation and its leader Moses to withdraw at once from the areas it occupies.” The Israelites as yet occupy no territory, but have declared they aim to take up residence in the area presently known as the Land of Canaan.

Numerous UN envoys expressed satisfaction that the resolution passed, but urged further action to prevent more violations. “The Israelites need to be hit with military and economic sanctions, at the very least,” argued EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. “They have to understand this is no way to act in the community of nations. My colleagues and I are concerned that only a firm response will discourage such behavior.”

“We need to isolate them,” agreed Venezuelan ambassador Juan Fluover de Cuckooznest. “In fact my government questions the very legitimacy of this people that defends itself for no reason and tries to establish deterrence at the expense of the nations that attack it. We saw this already almost forty years ago when they fought Amalek and defeated them – and all Amalek ever did to them was attack them from behind and pick off the stragglers. It’s totally out of proportion.”

A spokesman for the Israelites offered some drivel about being attacked first and being assertive in defending themselves, as if that could justify defying the will of the international community that the nation of Israel allow itself to be exterminated for once instead of surviving and thriving.