Facing intense lobbying pressure, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is believed to be likely to remove Israel from the annual list of nations and factions that violated the rights of children during armed conflicts.
Israel was on the initial draft list for inclusion this year, citing Israel’s deliberate military attacks on UN-run schools full of civilian refugees during last summer’s Gaza War.
It will be difficult for Ban to justify the removal of Israel, since the UN itself issued an inquiry finding only last month determining the attacks on those schools were deliberate.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry denies its own lobbying of the UN on the matter, and insists the only pressure on Ban is from nations that are motivated by hatred of Israel. Rights groups have urged the inclusion of both Hamas and Israel, but in the end Israel seems likely to be quietly removed.
Sick.
I mean, technically, both Nelson Mandela's group and the Apartheid Regime were terrorists, but come on… People really need to condemn Mandela? The US sure did.
Ban Ki- Moon is an American puppet, when it comes to Israel amnesia sets in.
"Seems likely?"
Some weasel way to favor any outrage by Israel always seems likely.
Is there some particular reason why it seems likely in this case? Something specific?
I have to vomit on bankeemoon
What words would one use to describe bankeemoon