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| 2016-06-15 | |
| [Iraq Sun] GENEVA, Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... - The Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Human Rights Council has launched an unprecedented attack on the body, arguing it has "an obsessive, compulsive disorder regarding Israel." The attack on the council by Eviatar Manor, who has been Israel's ambassador to the UNHRC since August 2008, is the second in five days. "You have an obsessive, compulsive disorder regarding Israel," Mr Manor told the UNHRC when he addressed it in Geneva on Tuesday on the second day of its 32nd session. "Politicized debates, biased resolutions, preposterous reports, discriminatory conduct and unfounded accusations characterize the attitude of this Council and of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights towards Israel." "This Council’s priorities are wide off the mark,"the Israeli ambassador added. "How is it, that it has an agenda item specifically dedicated to my country when the tragedies of Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, to name but a few, are unfolding and producing a tsunami of refugees about to engulf Europe?" Manor asked. "And you expect us to take you seriously?" The Israeli envoy was taking exception to a statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein which was issued after the shootings in Tel Aviv last week which resulted in the deaths of five Israelis (4 killed at the scene, another, a woman, who died of a heart attack who was officially recognised on Tuesday by Israel's defense ministry as a victim of the attacks). Zeid in condemning the attack also cautioned Israel on its response which included the cancellations of 83,000 travel permits, which the commissioner said could be described as "collective punishment." Manor told the council all sovereign states have the right to regulate the entry of non-citizens into their country. "Furthermore, the terms of existing bilateral Israeli-Paleostinian agreements specifically affirm Israel's right to prevent or limit entry of persons into Israel from the West Bank and Gazoo for security and safety considerations," he said. The ambassador said the council "has never cared for the human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... of Israelis." He added the UNHRC "needs a moral compass." "Think about it, and call me if you change your minds. You can find me at +972 -77-430-4703," Manor added. The UNHRC commissioner in his opening address to the session on Monday, in noting the Israeli occupation had entered its 50th year last week, said tensions remain high across the Paleostinian territories and in Israel, and the risk of a further sudden escalation in violence remains very real. "Violence is among the many consequences of this prolonged oppression, including and inexcusably against civilians on both sides. Both sides have seen civilians attacked recently, and I deplore those actions," Zeid said." The reactions of the Israeli authorities, in particular, instances of excessive use of force, have also been a cause for concern. I have reminded the Israeli Government of its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law on a number of occasions. The increase in detention of Paleostinians this year, particularly in administrative detention without trial, is another serious concern. At the end of April there were almost 700 Paleostinian administrative detainees, more than double the figure at the end of September 2015 and the highest number since June 2008."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Deal!! |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-06-15 20:42 |
| #8 Lets compromise: Tulips. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-15 16:41 |
| #7 I originally was going to say "rockets", but my zeal for gunnery won out. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-06-15 16:12 |
| #6 Pater, you've no poetry in your soul. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-15 15:57 |
| #5 How disappointing. From the headline, I had hoped they meant actual physical attack. Maybe if we told some islamonutz the |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-06-15 15:50 |
| #4 155 followed with napalm |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-06-15 15:46 |
| #3 I'd prefer 155 artillery myself. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-06-15 13:45 |
| #2 Now, it it was mortars... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-15 12:53 |
| #1 This is in the Iraq Sun really a country suffering about 500 to 1000 civilian deaths per month from Islamic terrorism |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-06-15 11:02 |