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In 2005, notorious UNHRC official Jean Ziegler said Israel was making Gaza a "concentration camp."
When I protested, he claimed he meant other camps, not the Nazis.
But UN rights chief Arbour slammed him for "evoking Nazi Germany."
So did 70 Congressmen incl. @RepJerryNadler.
When I protested, he claimed he meant other camps, not the Nazis.
But UN rights chief Arbour slammed him for "evoking Nazi Germany."
So did 70 Congressmen incl. @RepJerryNadler.
Here's the internal UN draft of the letter I received from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, saying that Jean Ziegler's references to concentration camps were “evocative of Nazi Germany, and in my view, inflammatory.”
Our original complaint as received and annotated by the office of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
And here's the full bipartisan list of 70 members of Congress who condemned use of the term "concentration camp" to make false analogies with the Nazis: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Isr…
