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Jun 11 22 tweets 8 min read
Reuters forgot to say: 1 of the UN “experts” is a nutcase who was condemned for antisemitism by the EU, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, US, Netherlands, Australia, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark & even the UNHRC Chair. 🧵 2/ Miloon Kothari, one of the three commissioners behind this report, famously declared in 2022 that “social media is controlled largely by the Jewish lobby.”

He became the first UN investigator to be condemned for antisemitism. Yet his inquiry Chair, Navi Pillay, defended him.
Jun 5 6 tweets 2 min read
UN-REAL: Meet the newest members of the UN's Economic and Social Council.

This top UN body oversees key human rights & women’s rights commissions.

Electing human rights abusers Russia, China, Turkey & Burundi to the council is like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank. Image 2/ These oppressive regimes were elected in a secret ballot at the UN General Assembly, receiving the following % of possible votes:

🇷🇺 Russia: 61%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 92%
🇨🇳 China: 95%
🇹🇩 Chad: 96%
🇧🇮 Burundi: 97%

And here’s the kicker—Western democracies helped make this happen 👇
May 29 12 tweets 4 min read
The UN has spent billions on @UNIFIL_ , its flagship peacekeeping force in Lebanon.

But UNIFIL has a long track record of failing to keep the peace.

On International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let’s assess the true cost of UNIFIL’s litany of failures: 🧵 Image 2/ UNIFIL was established in 1978, but after the 2006 war between Israel and the Hezbollah terror organization in Lebanon, the UN Security Council strengthened UNIFIL’s mandate.

UNIFIL was entrusted with overseeing Hezbollah’s disarmament & withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Image
May 24 7 tweets 2 min read
“UN Watch is one the world’s most important NGOs. It has a David and Goliath mission: to hold the UN accountable. Neuer is watching. A man with a formidable intellect. Purpose driven. Laser focused. He is the man every democratic nation is in debt to—whether they know it or not.” Image 2/ “Who’s watching the watcher? This question, this phrase, born of the 1st century Roman poet Juvenal, was the first thing that came to my mind when I found out Hillel Neuer was coming to Australia. The second thought was: This is a conversation I must have.”
@GemmaTognini
May 21 15 tweets 6 min read
“𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗜𝗗𝗘”: A bombshell new UN Watch report exposes how the UN and Francesca Albanese engaged in a cover-up to conceal her funding by pro-Hamas lobby groups.

Here are the highlights of the report: 🧵 Image 2/ In November 2023, Albanese toured Australia and New Zealand on a trip sponsored by pro-Hamas lobby groups, including Sinwar sympathizers like @AFOPA_Australia.

This violated UN rules forbidding officials from accepting payment for mandate-related activities. Image
May 8 6 tweets 2 min read
Silence.
Neglect.
Complicity.

This is not what you’d expect from the world’s largest humanitarian organization.

But on International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, we look at the scandals that they would rather ignore: Image 2/ The Red Cross has failed the hostages in Hamas captivity:

- The Red Cross hasn’t visited a single hostage in Gaza
- Red Cross officials were complicit in Hamas's humiliating hostage handovers
- Hostage families were equated with those of convicted Palestinian prisoners Image
May 1 14 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: The three-year extension of Francesca Albanese’s role as a U.N. special rapporteur is “invalid” and “without any legal effect,” Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, wrote on Monday to António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general.
jns.org/francesca-alba…Image 2/ Albanese, who has a long history of anti-Israel bias, began her second and final three-year term on Thursday. Neuer wrote to Guterres that the global body didn’t follow the proper process to extend Albanese’s mandate.
Apr 23 16 tweets 5 min read
Att: @FranceskAlbs

Dear Ms. Albanese: This letter serves as formal notice that the purported renewal of your UN mandate, as “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories” is invalid and without legal effect, and therefore null and void.🧵 Image
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2/ The purported renewal, announced at the conclusion of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, was carried out in direct contravention of the governing legislation—as mandated under Presidential Statement 8/PRST/2 and enshrined in Article 7 of the Manual of Operations of the Special Procedures—which requires the President to bring forward to the Council any information of persistent non-compliance with the Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate-Holders.
Jan 7 13 tweets 7 min read
BREAKING: New Investigation Exposes UNRWA Ties to Terror Groups

👇 US-indicted Hamas terrorist Ali Baraka with UNRWA rep.

See 🧵 below: more shocking examples of the UNRWA-terrorist alliance, documented in UN Watch's new report with 68 exclusive photos. unwatch.org/new-investigat… 2/ At a Beirut meeting in May 2024, UNRWA Commissioner-General @UNLazzarini made a deal with Jihadi terrorist groups by which UNRWA allowed Hamas leader Fathi Al-Sharif to remain as principal of a major UNRWA school, and as the head of the UNRWA Teachers Union.

For years, Al-Sharif had openly glorified Hamas terrorist attacks, including on his Facebook page, and published photos of his fraternization with heads of terrorist organizations. Contrary to its claims of robust neutrality mechanisms, UNRWA for years allowed Al-Sharif to occupy a senior position overseeing thousands of UNRWA teachers and students.

Only when a formal complaint was made to UNRWA by a government, in early 2024, did the agency give Al-Sharif a slap on the wrist by suspending him. Immediately, Hamas and other terrorist groups responded by effectively shutting down UNRWA in Lebanon, mobilizing massive protests by UNRWA teachers and students.

Three months into the shutdown, Lazzarini flew to Beirut and met with the alliance of terrorist organizations who were behind the strike. Local media reported on June 1, 2024 that Lazzarini and the terrorist groups reached “understandings” that would lead to a “positive” result for Al-Sharif, and the strike was called off.

On September 30, 2024, Al-Sharif was eliminated by an IDF missile. Hamas announced that indeed he had been their leader in Lebanon, and eulogized the senior UNRWA figure for his “Jihadi education.”Image
Sep 12, 2024 9 tweets 3 min read
🚨 At a U.N. debate tomorrow, Hillel Neuer is set to confront the U.N.'s chief propagandist for dictators, Alena Douhan.

🧵 Image Meet Alena Douhan: The U.N.’s Special Rapporteur against Western sanctions.

She has exploited her U.N. human rights
post to shield the brutal regimes in Venezuela, China, Iran, Syria and Zimbabwe.

She never opposes tyrants, instead always portraying their regime as the victim.Image
Jul 19, 2024 6 tweets 2 min read
Is ICJ President Nawaf Salam impartial? As Lebanon's UN rep, he accused Israel of "crimes against humanity" and "war crimes." 🧵 2/ As Lebanon's UN rep, current ICJ President Nawaf Salam condemned Israeli "savage assault" and "indiscriminate killing"
Jun 22, 2024 11 tweets 6 min read
BREAKING: Senior UNRWA official is top figure in Hamas. Fathi al-Sharif, head of the UNRWA teachers union in Lebanon, overseeing 39,000 students in 65 schools, is a key figure in Hamas, according to a new report presented to the Dutch parliament . 🧵
unwatch.org/contempt-for-c… 2/ Fathi al-Sharif, a.k.a. Fateh Abo Amin al-Sharif, openly promoted Hamas terrorism for over a decade on his Facebook page—which for now is still active. (See link above.) He mingles with the top Hamas reps in Lebanon. As head of UNRWA's teachers union in Lebanon, everyone knew.
May 8, 2024 8 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING: UNRWA staff stealing and selling humanitarian aid, Gazans report
• UNRWA warehouse chief sold 50 cartons of food for $5,000
• Pampers, canned sweets, tissues stolen and sold at UNRWA school door
• UNRWA staff “have their homes full of aid”
unwatch.org/unrwa-staff-st… 2/ Dr. Izzat Shatat: “Open thefts from shelter workers. The director of a school warehouse came with 50 cartons of food distributed in UNRWA schools and sold them to a merchant for $100 per carton. How did he take out this amount of cartons? Where is the administration?” Image
Feb 15, 2024 12 tweets 5 min read
UNRWA says it faces imminent collapse — "forced to shut down by end of February" — if funds are not unfrozen.

Hmm.. when have we heard this before? 🤔

Let's take a look. 👇 🧵 November 2023: press.un.org/en/2023/gaspd7…
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Jan 12, 2024 18 tweets 9 min read
The ANC government ruling South Africa may have the worst record in the world when it comes to a democracy that sides at the U.N. with oppressive, murderous, and genocidal regimes. For example, 🇿🇦 voted to PRAISE the brutal regime of Venezuela's Maduro. 🧵
2/ South Africa, as pointed out by an opposition lawmaker, refused to support UN resolutions speaking out for the human rights of millions of victims of genocide and crimes against humanity in Syria, Sri Lanka, Iran and North Korea. iol.co.za/pretoria-news/…
Dec 4, 2023 7 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING: Shocking antisemitic materials have been distributed at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The booklet glorifies terrorism, portrays Jews with big noses, pushes antisemitic conspiracies, labels the time since Oct 7th as the "Gaza Jihad" and more.

See below 🧵
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Page 4 of the booklet tells the story of a Gaza family whose "father has to be away to fight against the zionists," insinuating that he is a Hamas fighter.

The date is marked as "Day 14 of Gaza jihad, 2023" Image
Dec 3, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Quoted in National Review: “Germany announced it would be freezing funding to UNRWA. This followed UN Watch's report—‘UNRWA: Hate Starts Here’—documenting numerous senior-ranking members of UNRWA gloating about the October 7 atrocities.”
🗞️ @ariblaff @NRO nationalreview.com/news/not-a-sin…
Image 2/ “Since Hamas invaded Israel in October and massacred over a thousand people, reports emerged that at least 100 terrorists who participated in the attacks were graduates of UNRWA institutions, and over a dozen educators within the system celebrated the attacks on social media.”
Nov 6, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: UN Watch has uncovered 20 new examples of @UNRWA teachers supporting terror and celebrating the Hamas massacre on October 7th.

Meet some of the U.N.'s teachers of hate in the thread below, and read the full new report here: unwatch.org/report-u-n-tea… Meet UNRWA English teacher Asmaa Rafiq Kuheil. On October 7th he celebrated the Hamas attack with exclamation marks and a heart emoji, as well as a call to mark the day. In 2021 he also posted his hope that rockets would strike Zionists "wiping them entirely off this Earth." Image
Nov 10, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
1/ Navi Pillay's UN commission of inquiry on Israel has become a farce. For the first time in decades, a majority of UN member states taking the floor in a debate on Israel actually called out anti-Israel prejudice and antisemitism—of her inquiry. This is what stunned Pillay: 🧵 🇨🇿 “Czechia voted against the establishment of the Inquiry. We are shocked by a recent interview in which one of the members of the Commission used terms such as 'Jewish lobby' and questioned Israel's UN membership. We strongly reject any form of antisemitism.” /2
Dec 25, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Ban gender apartheid.
#BanKhamenei Ban genocide.
#BanKhamenei
Nov 5, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
.@HillelNeuer: "This is also a time for the Council to reflect on its own actions. By what moral logic did the Council, in its October 2020 session, decide to scrap the mandate on Sudan? What message did this send to Sudan’s military? Will the Council correct this grievous act?" Statement by United Nations Watch, Special Session on Sudan, Human Rights Council:

"Madam President: UN Watch thanks the Council for heeding our call to hold this urgent session on the situation of human rights in Sudan, in wake of the military coup and ensuing violence."