Monday, March 23, 2015

US will not defend Israel at UN Human Rights Council - Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff



by Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

As council prepares to discuss seven resolutions against Israel, U.S. spokesman says: "U.S. delegation will not be speaking about Palestine today" • U.N. Watch: UNHRC dedicates entire day only to alleged Israeli violations, not those of any other country.


The chairwoman of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict, Mary McGowan Davis, leaves after her statement to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday
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The United States will not take the floor at the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday during the annual debate on alleged violations committed in the Palestinian territories, a U.S. spokesman told Reuters on Monday.

The council prepared to discuss seven resolutions against Israel on Monday, according to U.N. Watch, a non-governmental organization based in Geneva that monitors United Nations activity.

The move at the 47-member state forum, where Washington unfailingly defends Israel, follows signals that the Obama administration is undertaking a "reassessment" of relations with Israel.

The last time that Washington spoke under that stand-alone agenda item was in March 2013, U.N. records show.

"The U.S. delegation will not be speaking about Palestine today," a U.S. spokesman in Geneva told Reuters in response to a query as the debate began. He declined further comment.

Meanwhile, U.N. Watch described the UNHRC session scheduled for Monday as "Hate Israel Day," adding that every regular session of the council features a day dedicated entirely to criticizing Israel. 

"While all 193 countries of the world are addressed under Agenda Item 4 -- human rights situations requiring the world's attention -- only Israel gets its own special treatment, under Agenda Item 7 -- human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories," the group stated. 


Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=24357

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