Thread by @HillelNeuer

For the past two weeks, Palestinians have begun to protest the brutality of their autocratic Abbas government.

Meanwhile, the U.N. Human Rights Council is about to hold its perennial meeting on Palestinian rights but will mention none of this — because Israel cannot be blamed.

https://twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1412147259492474881

UNHRC Palestine monitor Michael Lynk is mandated to only investigate “Israel’s violations of the principles and bases of international law…”

“…although he notes that human rights violations by any State party or non-state organization are deplorable…” un.org/unispal/docume…

Here are some of the many human rights abuses committed by the Palestinian Authority & Hamas that are ignored by the UNHRC’s Michael Lynk, whose misleading title is “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.”
unwatch.org/lynk/

Given his actual mandate, Michael Lynk's title ought to be ”UN Special Rapporteur on Israel’s violations of the principles and bases of international law.” At least that would be honest, instead of his current title which falsely implies that he reports on all sides in the area.