Tim Hames in the Times:
Abba Eban, a former Israeli Foreign Minister, said of the UN General Assembly that: "If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the Earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164-13 with 26 abstentions." Matters have deteriorated since he made that observation. Were there to be a UN motion today that the Earth was flat because Ariel Sharon had sat on it, it would prevail with only Israel itself and the United States voting against...(Hat tip: Sally P.)