The current crisis in Gaza shows the U.N.’s true colors. For years, the U.N. refused to label Hamas what it is — a terrorist organization like ISIS or Al Qaeda. In 2018, then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley sounded the alarm about Hamas’ plans to attack Israeli communities, even alleging evidence of maps and raid plans. Haley urged the terrorist designation, but the U.N. refused to act.

Last week, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Hamas’ terror attack. But Guterres has also aggressively criticized Israel’s impending invasion of Gaza to rout out Hamas.

That’s no surprise. The U.N. has long been biased against Israel and captive of the world’s most despotic regimes.

[It’s only useful as a debating society. Russia’s decision to launch an imperial war of conquest in Ukraine probably should have killed any other expectations of it. That was precisely what the UN was designed to prevent, and it turned out to be utterly toothless. — Ed]