Shalom:
It is a well known fact that despite all the violations of human rights around the world, the United Nations seems to be preoccupied with Israel. Beginning in the 1960s, the Arab States and Russia introduced many anti Israel resolutions with the support of the Third World countries. In 1975 the UN adopted the” Zionism is Racism” resolution. This infamous resolution was not repealed until 1991.
The United Nations and its member agencies have continued their pattern of propaganda against the Jewish state. Sadly, one of the worst offenders is the body, created in 2006, charged with the equality and protection of Human Rights, the Human Rights Council (HRC). Its website claims that its mandate is “the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.”
In 2006, the Council passed a resolution calling for an annual review of Israel’s alleged human rights abuses and the appointment of an individual to report on the Israel Palestine problem. No other country has such a review or reporter.
Also in 2006, Kofi Annan, then UN secretary-general, stated that the Council should not pay more attention to Israel than other nations, but should pay equal attention to violations by other countries. Needles to say, the Council did not heed him.
The UNHRC continues to single out Israel for alleged violations of human rights. As of 2013, Israel was condemned in 45 resolutions, almost as many as all the other countries combined. Myanmar was next with 10 resolutions.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is critical of Israel and has called Israel’s response to rocket fire from Hamas “excessive.”
The UNHRC is composed of 47 nations, elected for three-year terms. The current composition of the countries in the HRC is as follows: 26 Asian and African, eight Latin American, seven Western, and six Eastern European. 18 of the countries belong to an Islamic Organization. Current members include: such paragons of human rights as Algeria, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
The latest attack on Israel occurred on July 23, 2014 when the HRC voted 29-1 to authorize a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged Israeli abuses in Gaza. (The one vote against was cast by the United States. All 11 European countries on the Council abstained.) The resolution condemns “in the strongest terms the widespread, systematic, and gross violations of international human rights and fundamental freedoms arising from the Israeli military operations. ”
The HRC resolution also “condemns all violence against civilians wherever it occurs, including the killing of two Israeli civilians as a result of rocket fire,” and calls for “an end to attacks against all civilians including Israeli civilians.” However, Hamas is not mentioned and, as of this date, no commission of inquiry studying the human rights violations by Hamas will be established. So, it seems that according to the HRC, shooting rockets into civilian areas, housing rockets and ammunition on homes, schools and mosques and firing from these places, using human shields, kidnapping, building tunnels to attack civilians, etc. are not war crimes when committed by Hamas or its supporters.
To see first hand the absurdity that is the HRC, spend a few minutes watching the Kafkaesque video of the Commission hard at work on this Israel National News link: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183294#.U9ExHGv5qLs.email
What a farce!
As Israel is not a member of the HRC, it cannot ask that investigators study Hamas’ actions for human rights abuses. It falls to the United States to request that the UNHRC investigate Hamas for war crimes. If you agree, please call, email or write to the President asking him to do so.
Phone Number: 202-456-1111; White House Email; or
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Another route is to contact your Senators or Congressional representatives and ask that they persuade the President to request an investigation of Hamas’ actions.
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