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| By israelinsider staff March 13, 2007 |
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The United Nation's Human Rights Council plans on launching a permanent investigation against Israel, until it withdraws to the pre-1967 borders, for what the Council calls its "violations" of international law in the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria, Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch claims, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Neuer told The Jerusalem Post that this move is just one of many anti-Israel actions the UN Council is likely to make during its next session, which begins in Geneva on Munday.
The Human Rights Council, which was created last June to replace the Human Rights Commission, has a reputation for singling out Israel time and again. It has issued more resolutions against the Jewish State -- 8 in total -- than any other country. This is shocking given the number of nations that are guilty of human rights violations such as genocide.
Expectations for this session are not high and Hillel Neuer and Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Yitzhak Levanon, believe that the Council will continue to condemn Israel in its usual fashion. However, the Coucil is scheduled to set aside some time to discuss human rights abuses in other countries, such as Darfur, Sudan.
Also at the upcoming session, UN Special Rapporteur John Dugard is scheduled to present the findings of his report comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa.
Neuer said that the controversial construction project at the Mugrabi Gate in Jerusalem, which had the Muslim world up in arms, would also be discussed during the session, as would Israel's refusal to allow entry to teams investigating IDF actions in Gaza in July and November. One team came to investigate IDF action in Gaza following Gilad Shalit's kidnapping last June and the second was sent to investigate the deaths of civilians in Beit Hanun following an accidental IDF artillery bombardment in November.
According to Levanon, the teams were refused entry because their anti-Israel bias was extremely evident. |
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