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Amnesty accuses the UN. Pot, meet kettle
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
Posted in International relations
Tagged Amnesty International, human rights, NGO, Security Council, UN
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Israel cuts off ties with UN Human “Rights” Council
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
Posted in International relations, Israel news
Tagged Foreign Ministry, human rights, Human Rights Council, UN, UNHRC
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UN Human Wrongs Council’s outrageous outrage of the day
UN Watch informs us of the UN Human Rights Wrongs Council’s latest outrage of the day, and I’m sure you will not have a hard time in guessing that this outrage involves a condemnation of Israel of some sort or … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, International relations
Tagged commission, Human Rights Council, investigation, Judea and Samaria, settlements, UN, UNHRC, West Bank
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The UN Human Rights Council descends into farce
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
Posted in International relations
Tagged Europe, Hamas, human rights, Human Rights Council, Khulood Badawi, slander, Switzerland, tweet, UN
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The ridiculous absurdity of the UN Human Rights Council
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
Posted in International relations
Tagged human rights, Human Rights Council, Libya, UN, UN Watch, United Nations
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Guardian’s David Hearst compares Israel to Syria
This article was cross-posted on CiFWatch. David Hearst, one of the Guardian’s “foreign leader writers” according to his bio, has never met a dictator or Israel-hater he didn’t love. In his article in yesterday’s Commentisfree, in which he addressed the … Continue reading →