Why Did Israel Join the US in Opposing the UN’s Slave Trade Resolution?

At the UN headquarters in New York, 123 countries backed a resolution calling the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity. Only the United States, Israel, and Argentina voted against it. I recall that the US and Israel were also the sole opponents when the UN tried to recognize access to food as a human right. This pattern makes me pause. Maybe it’s because Jews once dominated the slave trade—owning ships, auction houses, and plantations. If that’s true, why should modern Israel bear that historical blame? I’m all for reparations paid by descendants of slave ship owners, plantation managers, and financiers. Still, it’s striking that only the US, Argentina, and Israel rejected this step. What demographic link do they share?

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