Israel bombing shit..
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re: double standard, relevance of UN"For decades, undemocratic regimes have exploited the democracy of the UN General Assembly (where Norway and North Korea wield identical voting power) to deflect attention from their own abuses. On no subject is this more apparent than Israel: In November a UNGA interpreter was caught on a hot mic observing that its nine anti-Israel resolutions in a single day – and none on any other country — were “a bit much.”
Israel is the only country to have a dedicated agenda item at every session of the UNGA’s Human Rights Council, which has included Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya among its members and played host to leaders of Hamas. The council’s special rapporteur on the Palestinians is a 9/11 Truther who has blamed the Boston Marathon bombings on America’s “global domination project” and “Tel Aviv.”"
More on Richard Falk (still the official rapporteur to UNHCR): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric…
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"As of 2014, Israel had been condemned in 50 resolutions by the Council since its creation in 2006—the Council had resolved almost more resolutions condemning Israel than on the rest of the world combined. The 50 resolutions comprised almost half (45.9%) of all country-specific resolutions passed by the Council, not counting those under Agenda Item 10 (countries requiring technical assistance).[50] By April 2007, the Council had passed eleven resolutions condemning Israel, the only country which it had specifically condemned. Toward Sudan, a country with human rights abuses as documented by the Council's working groups, it has expressed "deep concern".
The council voted on 30 June 2006 to make a review of alleged human rights abuses by Israel a permanent feature of every council session. The Council's special rapporteur on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is its only expert mandate with no year of expiry. The resolution, which was sponsored by Organisation of the Islamic Conference, passed by a vote of 29 to 12 with five abstentions. Human Rights Watch urged it to look at international human rights and humanitarian law violations committed by Palestinian armed groups as well. Human Rights Watch called on the Council to avoid the selectivity that discredited its predecessor and urged it to hold special sessions on other urgent situations, such as that in Darfur."
- so Israel shouldn't be held accountable in the unga because it's not fair?Gnash