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- "A fight over the regulation of settlements becomes a fight over the character of Israel"
- BDS efforts to curb Israel travel have failed badly
- Media reporting on hate crimes against Jews: "One major media outlet, however, stood out as an exception, even though it is New York-based"
- DePaul Professor Kwall: "We need our houses of worship to be a refuge from strife and political discord, and not a source of such conflict"
- In failing to stop the Islamic State, U.S. ignores the lessons of Auschwitz
- "To hear the news media tell it, Israel’s Knesset has approved extreme right-wing legislation that will steal Palestinian land by legalizing illegal outposts and thereby demolish the last hopes for Middle East peace"
- “Zeldin, who is Jewish, and Omar, who is Muslim, might be the most controversial members of the kumbaya clique”
- "The fact that a large number of Palestinians are desperate to work in Israel is a sign of the failure of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to improve the living conditions of their people"
Tag Archives: UN Human Rights Council
Nikki Haley: UN Human Rights Council “is ‘a cesspool of political bias’; announces US departure”
TIMES OF ISRAEL US quits the UN’s Human Rights Council, citing its ‘chronic bias against Israel’ by Raphael Ahren and Agencies June 19, 2018 The United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, US ambassador Nikki Haley said … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Boris Johnson, Nikki Haley, UN Human Rights Council
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With more than 70 resolutions against Israel (and 7 against Iran), it’s time for US to exit UN Human Rights Council
THE HILL US expected to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council: report by Avery Anapol June 15, 2018 The U.S. is reportedly planning to pull out of the United Nations Human Rights Council after clashes over key issues such as … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Nikki Haley, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations
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Bolton observed UN corruption and incompetence firsthand, then dared to talk about it
NEW YORK TIMES John Bolton Is Right About the U.N. by Bret Stephens March 23, 2018 In 1994, John Bolton said that if the United Nations Secretariat building in New York “lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Iran, John Bolton, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations
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UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein compares Holocaust to “occupation” [VIDEO]
UN WATCH U.N. rights chief compares Palestinians with Holocaust victims, refugee camps to Auschwitz June 9, 2017 An independent watchdog group today called on UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, a former Jordanian ambassador and member of the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Jordan, Nazis, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, Zeid Raad al-Hussein
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Ya think? “The UN Human Rights Council has an inherent anti-Israel bias, writes Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the United States”
NEWSWEEK Why the U.S. Should Withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council by Michael Oren March 10, 2017 Would the U.S. remain a member of an organization that condemned it for human rights abuses more frequently than it did Syria, … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Oren, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations
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UN Human Rights Council “accused of unfairly targeting Israel, and Trump aides are questioning its usefulness”
POLITICO U.S. considers quitting U.N. Human Rights Council by Nahal Toosi and Eliana Johnson February 25, 2017 The Trump administration is considering pulling the United States out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body that has been accused … Continue reading
International community “fosters the incorrect, dubious argument that #Israel is still legally responsible for #Gaza as an occupier”
WAR ON THE ROCKS Recognizing that Israel is not an Occupying Power in Gaza is good for everyone by Gilead Sher and Dana Wolf July 8, 2016 …Although Israel fully evacuated Gaza eleven years ago and a 2015 U.N. Human … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Occupation, UN Human Rights Council
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Saudi Arabia, which has one of the worst records of human rights abuses, to head UN Human Rights Council Panel
UN WATCH Again: Saudi Arabia Elected Chair of UN Human Rights Council Panel September 20, 2015 U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power and EU foreign minister Federica Mogherini should condemn and work to reverse the appointment of Saudi Arabia as head of a key UN Human … Continue reading
Destroying International Law by Tying the West’s Hands
COMMENTARY by Evelyn Gordon June 26, 2015 In the four days since the UN Human Rights Council published its report on last summer’s war in Gaza, commentators have pointed out numerous ways in which it is bad for Israel, the Palestinians … Continue reading
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Tagged Evelyn Gordon, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations
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Commit to Memory: Ten Ways Israel Is Treated Differently
HUFFINGTON POST by David Harris June 14, 2015 It’s appalling to see how Israel is treated by a totally different standard than other countries in the international system. Of course, Israel deserves scrutiny, as does every other nation. But it … Continue reading
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Tagged double standards, Palestinians, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, UNWRA
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