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The U.N. General Assembly’s Fourth Committee vote in favor of “urgent advisory opinion on Israel’s prolonged occupation” “may harm any possibility for a future process,” says Israeli premier.
NGO Monitor said it was not invited to this week’s Commission of Inquiry hearings, in which Palestinian NGOs designated as terror organizations challenged NGO Monitor’s evidence of their terror ties.
Letter notes the “brutal and violent crackdown on peaceful protests, and other serious violations of freedoms, including women’s rights.”
While the Palestinian Authority may play the victim at the U.N., in Jenin and Nablus it praises terrorists, Gilad Erdan tells the Security Council.
It was a rare showing of strong vocal support from a wide range of countries at the U.N., including notably from Australia, whose government this month rescinded its recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
In comments to JNS, the COI chairwoman dismisses allegations of prejudice, while other members pledge a fuller accounting of Palestinian actions, something sorely lacking in the commission’s first two reports.
Speakers at press conference organized by StandWithUs include the parents of a 5-year-old boy who died during a Hamas bombing.
Ambassador Michèle Taylor denounces “disproportionate, biased treatment of Israel at the HRC.”
The report ignores the “actions of the dozens of terrorist entities seeking the destruction of Israel,” the Conference of Presidents notes.
Washington is “committed to working with allies and partners to prevent the transfer of dangerous weaponry to Russia,” says State Department spokesperson.
United States Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield hailed Lapid’s announcement last week at the General Assembly as “courageous and impassioned.”
The community representatives raised concerns about Hamas’s base in Turkey.
