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Israeli ambassador: 'Palestinians' wrote UN report on Gaza

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Aharon Leshno Yaar has accused the United Nations of having 'Palestinians' write the UN's report on Operation Cast Lead to appease the Arab-controlled 'Human Rights Council.'

He spoke with The Jerusalem Post by phone, a day after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [pictured. CiJ] submitted a report on what she termed "grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly due to the recent Israeli military attacks against the occupied Gaza Strip."

Her 34-page report was created at the request of the Human Rights Council in a special session it held on Israel in January.

The report will be presented to the council on September 29, along with a separate report that is being compiled by South African jurist Richard Goldstone.

Leshno Yaar said Pillay's report was "written by Palestinians in Ramallah" and "screened by Palestinian lawyers in Geneva in order to satisfy Palestinian diplomats on the Human Rights Council."

It was "totally biased" and based on unsubstantiated information, he said. "It ignores the facts and the Israeli positions."

"As far as Israel is concerned, we trust our military, we trust our legal system and we are ignoring this report," Leshno Yaar said.

Two small corrections. First, the UN hates Israel and Jews enough that it would have produced a report that was biased against Israel even if there were no Arab-controlled 'Human Rights Council.'

Second, yes, we should ignore the report. But there's one line from it we might like to adopt and that's this.

[Navi Pillay] called for Israelis and Palestinians to receive building permits "in a nondiscriminatory manner" in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

It should only happen. Jews can't get building permits in 'east' Jerusalem and the 'West Bank' these days.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:39 AM