fredag 16 november 2018

FN antar 9 resolutioner som kritiserar Israel

I FN kommer 9 resolutioner att antas i dag som kritiserar Israel. Inga andra länder kommer att kritiseras. Det är så FN fungerar.

UN to condemn Israel 9 times, rest of the world 0 (UN Watch)
GENEVA, Nov. 15, 2018 –  A United Nations General Assembly committee is set to adopt nine resolutions against Israel tomorrow, and zero on the entire rest of the world.

The texts, obtained by UN Watch, condemn Israel for “repressive measures” against Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights, reinforce the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and renew the mandate of the UN’s “special committee to investigate Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.” (Click here for the nine draft resolutions.)

All 193 UN member states belong to the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) that each year adopts the text with large majorities. Countries’ votes tomorrow are then repeated when the GA plenary formally ratifies the texts in December.

“The UN’s planned assault on Israel with a torrent of one-sided resolutions is surreal,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental watchdog organization. ...

UN set to vote on slew of measures critical of Israel

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