Is It Time To Leave the United Nations?

The world body’s claim of immunity from lawsuits over the participation of employees of its Palestinian refugee agency in the October 7 massacre underscores the price Washington pays for membership.

AP/Mohammed Zaatari
The backyard of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at Sidon, Lebanon, September 12, 2023. AP/Mohammed Zaatari

Rarely if ever has it become so clear that the authors of the United Nations treaty delivered America a bad bargain. That is what we take from the world body’s claim to be immune from a lawsuit brought by victims of October 7 against its Relief and Works Agency. And from the Biden administration’s claim that it must respect such immunity. If President Trump earns a second term, it’d be time to begin the process of getting us out of the UN.

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