Who is on OUR side?
I will do some wondering out loud here. What person, organisation or country is unequivocally on the side of the Jews (the real ones), on the side of Israel?
To set this off, I'll first name all the Enemies, the haters and murderers.
99.9% of all Arabs want the Jews dead and Israel gone.
99.9% of all Muslims want Israel gone.
60% of all Europeans want Israel gone (The percentage is larger among Europe's leaders).
China is an enemy of Israel (Ok, it's just one country, but 1.2 BILLION people live there).
Japan is against Israel
These enemies are divided into 2 groups, namely Arabs/Muslims, and those pandering to them for opportunistic reasons.
In this last group you will also find a small but influential group of Americans, who rule the US State Department. On many matters the US administration is a single entity, a ship with one captain, following a course set by him. But where foreign policy is concerned, Powell and his minions have a separate and very different agenda. Much of it is not what Bush wants, but he cannot afford to fight the Arab lovers too much, they carry too much weight (which is why he needed them in the first place). And foreign policy on the middle-East is not worth a war between State and the White House.
Which is why even the US will not be found on my list of countries unconditionally on the side of Israel.
That list is empty.
The list of persons unequivocally on the side of Israel is not empty. I do not refer to Jews on this list. Although you would think that all Jews would "root" for the Jews, this is not the case. There are a great many Jewhaters among the Jews, and aside from being an enemy by themselves, they do great harm to the Cause by being invaluable assets to the Enemies, showcases to use as proof for their position.
But there are many Christians nowadays who have distanced themselves from traditional Christian Anti-Semitism and have embraced the common bond between Jews and Christians. They have also come to recognize that all of Christianity's holy places in the middle-East can count on protection and respect only when they fall under Israeli rule (as opposed to Arab rule). This by itself is important, but the inferred difference in attitude towards Christianity between the Jews and Arabs is a greater factor.
So there are many Christians in Europe and the US nowadays that back Israel in word and deed.
The list of organizations is essentially a mapping of the list of persons backing Israel, except when Christian organizations have a political rather than a humanitarion agenda. In that case, pandering to the rich majority overrides any ideological or religious motives or foundation an organization might have. The International Red Cross is a prime example of this. Even if it was simple pragmatism that caused the Red Cross to bar the Israeli equivalent from any form of official recognition or cooperation until june of this year (2003). No such obstruction was present when the Red Crescent applied for recognition. Unsurprisingly, it was the Muslim Red Cross that politicized the process and was behind the movement to bar the Jewish "Red Cross".
The UN is a chapter apart. Suffice it to say that the UN is (as it should be) a reflection of the world, and as such governed by greed and fear, and the Arabs are (literally) masters of the means to play into these emotions. Control of the largest oil reserves and control of just about every terrorist organization in the world is the classic example of the carrot and the stick.
So it's a sad picture. Funny I don't believe in God. 'Cause he must be on our side...