Dershowitz Blasts U.N.

"The United Nations has become an absolute pawn in the hands of the Arab countries," Alan M. Dershowitz, a law school professor, said last night.

Dershowitz told 40 people at Burr Hall that the United Nations is "institutionally incapable of providing ovenhandedness" in Middle East affairs, and whatever lawful authority the United Nations has is therefore a "force for evil" because it legitimates injustice toward Israel.

It is time to consider seriously whether the preservation of the United Nations is "on balance a good thing," Dershowitz said.

Habit and tradition are insufficient reasons for the United States to continue supporting the United Nations, he said, adding that the United States must have "current" justification for such support.