UN Watch Exposes UN Bias Against Israel

 

 

The UN Watch has released a report which once again highlights the struggle Israel has had to receive justice in the international arena. They wrote: At last month's emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council, ambassadors from the world's dictatorships—and even some democracies—lined up to attack Israel for "targeting a UN school."

Canada alone voted in opposition to the grossly one-sided text. Now a new report by Patrick Martin of Canada's "Globe and Mail" reveals that, contrary to what was reported worldwide:

(1) No Israeli shells landed in the UNRWA school compound
(2) No one taking refuge in the UN schoolyard was killed
(3) None of these facts prevented a UN agency from falsely reporting that "Israeli shelling directly hit two UNRWA schools..."

Rightfully UN Watch asks: Will the Human Rights Council now apologize for having falsely condemned Israel for the "targeting of facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Gaza, including schools?"

"As usual when it comes to Israel, the Council was little concerned with actual facts. Egyptian representative Hisham Badr, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group, said that "Israel did not distinguish between combatants and civilians, targeting United Nations schools."

According to Yemen, "The attacks against schools…were grave crimes against humanity." Sudan spoke of the "the mad attacks by Israel in Gaza, including against United Nations schools."

Syria said "UN schools have turned into mass graves." Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Djibouti joined the fray—as did even several Western countries.

Argentina demanded an "independent international investigation" on "the attacks on UNRWA schools." Slovenia condemned "Israeli attacks on schools." Switzerland said that "at least 46 civilians seeking shelter in UNRWA school were killed."

The UN Report ends with a question: "Will any of these countries issue an apology, or seek to correct the resolution's false assertions and faulty premises?" There has been no answer so far.

(By Ron Ross, BFP Israel Mosaic Radio, February 3, 2009)