First Ever: Israel Boycotts Routine UN Rights Council Review
Rights Council Unclear on How to Respond to Boycott
All 193 members of the United Nations are required to undergo periodic reviews of their internal human rights situation. Attendance by an official from the country is mandatory, and the Israeli meeting today was expected to be routine.
Today’s meeting of the UN Rights Council therefore is a totally unprecedented situation, as Israel’s outgoing government announced a full boycott of the meeting and refused to attend, the first time that’s ever happened. Even the US was said to be surprised at the move, and urged Israel to attend.
What the UN can do about it remains to be seen, though the US gave its full backing to a resolution, not mentioning Israel by name, which urged all nations to comply with the periodic reviews.
Israeli human rights groups also condemned the move, saying that while it was fine for the Israeli government to dispute specific criticisms of its policies, it should continue to engage with the council for routine meetings.
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persnipoles
January 29th, 2013 at 9:40 pm
…surely the Broken Bone Policy and UN Resolution 44/48 was just a Blood Libel… …whoops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVI6WG1Iww 0:55-Jellied Palestinian, anyone?
Will The Devil also 'boycott' Judgement Day?
persnipoles
January 29th, 2013 at 9:40 pm
…surely the broken bone policy and UN Resolution 44/48 was just a Blood Libel… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVI6WG1Iww 0:55-Jellied Palestinian, anyone?
Makes me wonder… Could The Devil 'boycott' Judgement Day?
persnipoles
January 29th, 2013 at 9:40 pm
…surely the Broken Bone Policy and UN Resolution 44/48 was just a Blood Libel… …whoops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVI6WG1Iww 0:55-Jellied Palestinian, anyone?
Will The Devil also 'boycott' Judgement Day?
curmudgeonvt
January 29th, 2013 at 10:30 pm
You can boycott but the review is going to happen anyway….but the UN will do nothing…because it doesn't have the power to enforce…especially with the US standing firm behind the Israelis regardless of whether it is right or not.
henry tobias
January 29th, 2013 at 10:41 pm
Well done Israel!
Mark Thomason
January 29th, 2013 at 10:46 pm
This is just a symptom of the problem. The problem is the US. We protect and so encourage this nonsense. This is the abusive little brother abusing all around him under the protection of a gang of big brothers.
henry tobias
January 29th, 2013 at 10:48 pm
When the Human Rights Council concerns itself with Human Rights and not with Israel-bashing, Israel can take note of its findings. Have you seen which countries are members of the UNHRC?
mojo
January 29th, 2013 at 11:14 pm
"Rights Council Unclear on How to Respond to Boycott"…, is easy.., the very same council did the very same job during Iraq.., so as all other countries where UN masters have demanded for the country to be sanctioned., this time is the real people demanding it.., the Palestinians.., people from a stolen land by a apartheid government of Israel.., there is no but no there need to be any doubt if UN wants t prove to the world that is not taking sides.., once again.., with its masters.
Loraine
January 30th, 2013 at 12:13 am
Israel is HOPELESS! It never wants to abide by the rules like all other nations.
Martin
January 30th, 2013 at 12:51 am
Nacists can not run away from the truth ….. like the previous ones from Germany ….
Augustbrhm
January 30th, 2013 at 2:10 am
America cannot back out having endorsed the resolution it had to come sooner or later. The door is closing on the zionist free hand in murder/destruction/thievingtorture and on and on.
MarketingFile
January 30th, 2013 at 3:43 am
I would love to give credit but sure don't remember where I heard it first … "give them enough rope and they will hang themselves …. "
the lion
January 30th, 2013 at 4:13 am
Actually the UN can expell Israel, and it isnt a UN security council measure it can be done by the general assembly. No US veto power there!
For your edification the United States could effectively be expelled for failing to pay its dues, not likely to happen but when you hear stupid Republicans, make comments like do pay them, and we should get out of the UN and expell them, it is a case of please ,please please, gone would be the UN security council veto the root cause of the UNs inefectiveness!
curmudgeonvt
January 30th, 2013 at 7:36 am
Since the Israelis have managed to poke nearly every other country in the eye with their arrogance and self-delusional superiority, the time has come when they will have to answer for such. As they say, what goes around, comes around. So finding countries that haven't been dissed by the Israelis to sit on the council was pretty much impossible.
Since the review hasn't been performed yet why don't we wait until after to see whether the results justify being labeled as "Israel-bashing"…tho I suspect that's how you will see it regardless.
Drake
January 30th, 2013 at 7:41 am
No doubt, Israel is a pariah country. You don't hear much criticism in the US media. But overseas it is different. In Japan there is a tacit agreement in the business community that Japan will not do business with Israel. (I learned that on a recent business trip to Japan) In Israel I suppose that the Japanese are regarded as anti Semites.
charles caruso
January 30th, 2013 at 8:18 am
What would the Zionists know about rights anyhow?
deleted8754929
January 30th, 2013 at 8:26 am
If Israel refuses to participate in a mandatory UN function, Israel doesn't need to be a part of the UN and should face immediate expulsion.
tom dee
January 30th, 2013 at 8:53 am
One would think with the news of birth control for the colored jews that Israel would want to do something positive. What is needed is long term jail time for those the injected the woman because they were not welcome even if they were jewish a thousands years before the Polish Russian clan. One wonders what next. The usa is now a nation of minorities providing billions so they can abort their own. Is Israel a nation for all jews so do they want to admit we select who we desire.
peter vojta
January 30th, 2013 at 11:01 am
Would Nazi Germany "reviews of their internal human rights situation"? US and Israel are leading terrorists states on this planet. Just the fact they both do not recognize Internacional Court of Justice decisions regarding their actions and accept its decision only regarding others…this fact makes this "duo" of war mongerign regimes constant treat to World Peace….peter czech
pendulum
January 30th, 2013 at 3:37 pm
tried it in court once and got fined for contempt
pendulum
January 30th, 2013 at 3:43 pm
a badge of honour
CherryTree
January 30th, 2013 at 4:38 pm
When is the US due for its review, and is there any opportunity for public comment?
JohnWV
January 31st, 2013 at 4:10 am
Israel defines itself as a Jewish state and will never accept a non apartheid democracy with a Jewish minority. Continuing illegal annexations, settlement expansion and ethnic cleansing have also precluded any negotiated two state solution. Justice may now be served only by UN and NATO imposing resolution just as involuntary, disruptive and humiliating to Israel as Israel has wreaked upon occupied Palestine for generations. The Jewish State must be made to recognize an armed Palestine with externally enforced autonomy, eviction of all settlers, true contiguity encompassing Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem together, neither pinched nor parceled, and pay punitive reparations.