United Nations Human Rights Council once again shows it’s anti-Semitism
The United Nations Human Rights Council has once again shown it’s anti-Semitism by approving a resolution condemning Israel’s military offensive in Gaza saying it has “resulted in massive violations of human rights of the Palestinian people.”
Anti-Semitism is defined as prejudice against or hostility toward Jews as a group. The prejudice or hostility is usually characterized by a combination of religious, racial, cultural and ethnic biases. The council’s 47 members voted 33 in favor and 1 against the resolution that also accuses Israel of systematically destroying Palestinian infrastructure and of targeting civilians and medical facilities. Only Canada voted against the resolution with European Union countries abstaining.
While the resolution urges an end to the rocket attacks it never mentions Hamas nor violations of Israeli civilian’s rights by constant rocket attacks and suicide bombings of civilian targets. The United Nations has a long history of passing resolutions that condemn Israel while never condemning any of the internationally recognized terrorist organizations that constantly threaten Israel’s citizens.
The United Nations Human Rights Council apparently does not recognize Israel’s legitimate right to self-defense that it is exercising by attacking Hamas military infrastructure that supports the launching of Hamas terrorist attacks in the form of rockets loaded with ball bearings launched against Israeli civilian targets for years. The Councel also ignores human rights violations that Hamas perpetrates against it’s own people by using them as human shields against Israeli attacks.
There is a large body of evidence that shows that Hamas regularly uses mosques, hospitals, schools and other civilian structures to store weapons as well as launch rocket and mortar attacks against Israeli civilian targets. It has been reported that Hamas is using Gaza’s Shifa Hospital as a meeting place and even distributing salaries to its operative there. The majority of civilian casualties that have occurred during Israel’s attack against Hamas have come from Hamas’ strategy of using human shields. I have seen many Israeli defense videos that show Israeli pilots steering their missiles away from legitimate Hamas targets when civilians have have been spotted near the targets. Israel drops leaflets warning civilians to stay away from Hamas infrastructure and even calls by phone to warn people out of targets before they are struck.
The argument put forward by countries like France that Israel is using “disproportionate” force is absurd. Israeli is trying to destroy Hamas’ ability to launch attacks against Israel. Is Israel supposed to do this by building crude rockets like the ones Hamas uses and launch them indiscriminately at Gaza like Hamas does against Israel? Israel has over a million citizens living under the constant threat of rocket attack by Hamas and is simply trying to protect its citizens. If the Council is truly concerned about the killing of Palestinian citizens it needs to condemn Hamas for using them as human shields as well as to call for a stop to targeting Israeli civilians.
A recent poll showed that only 14 percent of Palestinians support Hamas. Only when Hamas is no longer in control of Gaza can the Palestinians have any hope of peace and a normal life. Calls for a cease fire make no sense as long as Hamas still controls Gaza. Hamas has constantly signaled that it has not interest in peace talks or peace. Hamas is repressive to its own citizens and has passed legislation which ushered in whipping, dismembering and execution as standard punitive measures. But apparently the United Nations Human Rights Council does not see these as human rights violations.
Israel has exhausted all avenues of negotiations with Hamas and has been forced to act to protect its citizens. How can you achieve peace with an organization whose own charter (Article 13) states that:
There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavor.
With no partner to engage with diplomatically and with no truce in place, Israel had no choice but to protect its citizens by force. Yet the United Nations Human Rights Council sees this instead as an act of “massive violations of human rights.” Israel has withdrawn completely from Gaza and only controls access to Gaza from Israel to prevent Hamas from launching suicide attacks and smuggling weapons into Gaza. The United Nations Human Rights Council has once again shown that it is an organization that is basically anti-Semitic and should be condemned by the world for its anti-Semitism.
