Tag Archives: human rights

The inappropriate use of the Fourth Geneva Convention

Posted on 5 February 2013 by

Further to my previous post about the use of human rights in “lawfare” against Israel, I came across the following well-researched article by Eli E. Hertz from the excellent “Myths and Facts” website, which explains the inappropriate use of the … Continue reading →

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Human Rights as a weapon of lawfare against Israel

Posted on 3 February 2013 by

Even though these stories are from the last week or two they are still as relevant as ever. In fact if you look through any articles about the UN and Israel they will sound like reruns, and in effect they … Continue reading →

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The UN’S fixation with Israel and settlements and its blindness towards Syrian abuses

Posted on 6 July 2012 by

UN Watch reports (h/t Honest Reporting). that it was Hate Israel Day at the UN a few days ago (as if any other day is not Hate Israel Day), with the execrable truther and antisemite Richard Falk opening the proceedings. GENEVA, … Continue reading →

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Amnesty accuses the UN. Pot, meet kettle

Posted on 24 May 2012 by

In an Orwellian statement worthy of any of the great satirists, Amnesty International has accused the UN Security Council of being “no longer fit for purpose”. The world body had failed in its basic duty after Russia and China blocked … Continue reading →

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Israel cuts off ties with UN Human “Rights” Council

Posted on 27 March 2012 by

Continuing on from the UN Human “Rights” Council’s latest anti-Israel outrage, The Foreign Ministry announced that it is cutting off all ties with the UN Human Rights Council following its decision to send a “fact-finding mission” to investigate the settlements’ … Continue reading →

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The UN Human Rights Council descends into farce

Posted on 19 March 2012 by

Further to the alternative-reality of the UNHRC‘s adoption of a resolution praising Libya’s late unlamented leader Khadaffi’s human rights record, we are now informed that no lesser a humanitarian than a Hamas official is to address this illustrious body. Senior … Continue reading →

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The ridiculous absurdity of the UN Human Rights Council

Posted on 15 March 2012 by

This is no post-Purim joke: UN Watch informs us today that the UN Human Wrongs Rights Council has adopted a resolution praising Ghaddafi’s human rights record in Libya! I almost choked on my cornflakes when I read this. A U.N. … Continue reading →

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How Anti-Zionism is equivalent to anti-Semitism

Posted on 15 February 2012 by

Several recent articles that I came across addressed similar issues within an overriding theme: how the “new” politically correct anti-Zionism (or anti-Israelism if you wish) is simply the old-fashioned anti-Semitism in disguise. First amongst these articles, in the Jewish Daily … Continue reading →

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Durban III – the UN’s hatefest

Posted on 20 September 2011 by

This coming Thursday, September 22nd, the UN will be holding another “anti-racism conference“, commonly known as Durban III after the first  “UN World Conference Against Racism”, which took place in Durban mere days before the 9/11 attacks.  The esteemed Anne … Continue reading →

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The vile Richard Falk

Posted on 7 July 2011 by

UN Watch reports that Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council’s “expert on Palestine”, has a vile antisemitic cartoon on a post from June 29th on his blog (which I won’t link to here. You can find the link to … Continue reading →

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