Posts Tagged: UN Human Rights Council
Abbas Aide: In Coming Months, Palestinian Authority Plans to Pressure International Bodies to Act Against Israel
In the coming months, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to pressure international institutions to act against Israel, a top Abbas aide said on Tuesday,...
Trump Administration Considers Pulling Out of UN Human Rights Council, Sources Say
JNS.org - The U.S. is reportedly considering withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a body that has been accused of harboring deep...
Vying for a Seat on the UN Human Rights Council, Iraq Touts Jewish Life in the Country, While Hiding the Truth of Persecution, Exile
JNS.org -- In a bid to land a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Iraqi government is touting thousands of years of Jewish...
Why Does Obama Continue to Support the UN Human Rights Council?
Reforming United Nations institutions is often a fool’s errand. Yet, the Obama administration chooses to draw no lessons from its attempt to improve the UN...
Israel’s UN Envoy Blasts ‘Pure Antisemitism’ of Palestinian Foreign Minister
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Tuesday called on all nations of the world to deny entry to Israeli settlers, comments that Israeli...
Watchdog Calls on UN to Condemn Essay by Human Rights Council ‘Expert’ Blaming Israel, US for Paris Attacks
The head of a Geneva-based human rights organization called on the United Nations to condemn an essay written by one of its employees blaming Israel and the...
Abbas Rips Netanyahu, Asks for ‘Protection’ at UN Human Rights Council
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ripped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for international “protection” in an address to the United Nations Human...
Once War is Waged, it Must Be Won
Increasingly, human rights organizations are attempting to make military forces operating under the purview of the Laws of Armed Conflict subject to persistent human rights...
Former British Commander Kemp Says Mix-Up Cost Him UN Gaza War Commission Appointment
The U.N. Human Rights Council approached the former commander of British troops in Afghanistan to join the panel for investigating the 2014 Gaza war, but his...
UN Claims Israel is World’s Worst Violator of Women’s Rights
Guess who is the number one violator of women's rights in the world today? Israel. Violating the rights of Palestinian women. At least that is the...
Kerry Calls Out UN for Bias Against Israel (VIDEO)
JNS.org - US Secretary of State John Kerry defended Israel in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Monday,...
Media Pretends to Wake Up on Gaza Coverage…Too Little, Too Late
The BBC just published a cautionary article about Gaza, pointing out what bloggers have been saying for weeks: [I]f the Israeli attacks have been "indiscriminate," as the UN Human...
Why is Latin America Coddling Hamas?
Latin America and the Middle East may be separated by thousands of miles, but that distance has been substantially narrowed in recent weeks. Several Latin...
UN Human Rights Chief Criticizes U.S. for Not Sharing Iron Dome Technology With Gaza
Breitbart - The U.N.'s top human rights official again condemned Israel for its military actions to stop Hamas rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, accusing the...
