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| UN Council condemns Israel for human rights |
| 2008-12-11 |
| But... Forget it, Jake. It's the UN... Israel came under fire Tuesday from the United Nations for human rights violations in the Palestinian territories which the UN called a "crime against humanity" while urging the Jewish state to end its crippling blockade on the Gaza strip. My work is done here. Waiter! More wine! An international panel of the U.N. Human Rights Council called on Israel to end its ongoing blockade on the Gaza Strip and to release Arab detainees on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. The U.N. expert on human rights in the territories, Richard Falk said that "such a flurry of denunciations by normally cautious U.N. officials has not occurred on a global level since the heyday of South African apartheid." So where did Mr. U.N. expert on human rights in the territories say this from? Geneva? "And still Israel maintains its Gaza siege in its full fury, allowing only barely enough food and fuel to enter to stave off mass famine and disease," he added. Or so I've been told... In his report Falk urged Israel to stop "physical and mental torture" inflicted on Arab prisoners and to endorse the U.N. Convention against Torture by ending all forms of "cruel, inhuman and degrading" punishment. ...unless they like it. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Does it say anywhere that Israel has to support the Paleostains? Cause the UN seems to think they should be giving them food, fuel, medicine, money. I don't see what the crime is in simply closing the door, they have neighbors on every other side that could route aid to them. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-11 17:19 |
| #2 Any comments from these guys on the human rights violations inherent in the rhetoric of the "oppressed"? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-12-11 01:49 |
| #1 And the players are: Brazil France Gabon Ghana Guatemala Japan Mali Pakistan Peru Republic of Korea Romania Sri Lanka Ukraine United Kingdom Zambia |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2008-12-11 00:30 |