New York Times concocts dishonest, incoherent sentence to avoid recognizing the simple fact of anti-Israel bias at the U.N.
1. The U.N. last year adopted more resolutions targeting Israel than on Iran, Syria & North Korea combined. Bias here isn't a "perception" but a fact. /...
2. Dishonest because even if they refuse to report bias as a fact, and will only tell us what "Israelis perceive," then get it right: Israelis perceive that the U.N. is biased against Israel and Jews, in favor of terrorists and dictators; not "for Palestinian aspirations." /...
3. Incoherent sentence because if the first part reports as a fact that diplomatic victories for Israel are unusual, then it makes no sense to elaborate on and support this fact in the second part with a mere "Israeli perception." /...
4. @nytimes, here are some facts:
• UNGA adopted 14 resolutions on Israel last year, and 5 on rest of the world combined
• UNHRC has one agenda item on the world (Item 4) and one on Israel alone (Item 7)
• UNESCO condemns only 1 country: Israel
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, 🇨🇳 #China reviewed the human rights record of 🇸🇾 #Syria. “China recognizes the efforts made by the Syrian government to maintain national unity, promote economic and social reconstruction, improve people's livelihood and combat terrorism.”
"China calls on the international community to respect Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity and the choice of the Syrian people. External interference, provocation of confrontation and imposition of sanctions will not solve the problem..."
"but will only bring deep suffering to the Syrian people. Unilateral coercive measures against Syria should be lifted immediately.
China offers four proposals to Syria. One is to continue to implement the Post-War National Development 2030 Strategic Plan."
The human rights judgment of Norway’s FM Anniken Huitfeldt, who is today hosting the Taliban to discuss girls’ education and who last week addressed the UN Security Council about the Middle East without ever mentioning Iran’s sponsorship of terror, is equal to her selfie skills.
1/ The last time anyone introduced a UNHRC censure of 🇨🇳 China was 2004. The sponsor was 🇺🇸 USA. Beijing moved "no action" & killed the resolution by a 28-16 vote.
The Economist reports US may bring it again—but fears losing the vote could embolden China. economist.com/china/2022/01/…
2/ I strongly urge @USMissionGeneva to introduce a resolution on human rights in China. This would place Beijing's gross and systematic abuses on the international agenda. If the text wins more than 16 votes, that's progress compared to the 2004 vote (⬇️).
China would hate it.
3/ For too long now, the US & EU have avoided introducing resolutions on countries unless they're sure of victory.
This is a wrong approach. It undermines the potential of the UN as a forum to achieve international exposure of a targeted regime and its human rights abuses.
Congratulations to 🇱🇾 Libya, which runs slave markets that auction black African migrants, on now becoming Vice-President of the United Nations Human Rights Council. edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2…
I wish that the leaders of massive NGOs like Amnesty International's @AgnesCallamard and Human Rights Watch's @KenRoth would oppose the corruption of the the U.N. human rights system.
But that system grants them privileged access and influence, and in exchange they keep silent.
Argentina condemns presence in Nicaragua of Iranian Vice President Mohsen Rezai, former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. He's wanted by Interpol for the 1994 terrorist attack that killed 85 people and injured 151 at the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires.
In Nicaragua for the inauguration of dictator Daniel Ortega, Iran VP Mohsen Rezai met with Cuban regime president Miguel Díaz-Canel. They discussed "the need to strengthen Tehran-Havana relations in order to thwart the enemies' sanctions and conspiracies against the nations."
"Iran respects the Cuban people and their resistance against the oppressors’ excessive demands, and is determined to strengthen relations with Cuba," said Rezai.
For his part, Diaz-Canel said "Cuba supports Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy." tasnimnews.com/en/news/2022/0…