Israel Matzav

Hamas welcomed to Geneva

The picture above is from the United Nations 'human rights council' in Geneva on Monday. The 'human rights council' welcomed a representative of Hamas to its meeting on Monday. He's the sixth one from the right, wearing a red tie. More pictures here.

One thing Hamas' visit did accomplish: The US has joined Israel in blasting the weasels at the 'human rights council.' But the US doesn't mention Hamas' visit.

It took particular issue the council’s Agenda Item 7, under which at every session Israel’s human rights record in areas over the pre-1967 line is debated. Israel is the only country to have a dedicated agenda item.

“The United States continues to be deeply troubled by this Council’s biased and disproportionate focus on Israel, as exemplified by this standing agenda item,” the US Ambassador to the UNHRC Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe said.

She spoke during a day-long debate on five UNHRC resolutions on Israel and the Palestinians in Geneva, including one which dealt with Israel’s treatment of Syrians in the Golan Heights. One resolution dealt with Palestinian self-determination. Two others condemned Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

A fourth called on the UNHRC to create a fact-finding mission on West Bank settlements.

Here in Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu attacked the council for hosting Hamas.

“He represents an organization that indiscriminately targets children and grown-ups, and women and men. Innocents are their special favorite target,” Netanyahu told the Likud faction in the Knesset on Monday. “They kills Jews anywhere –that’s their constitution – kill Jews wherever you find them – that is what they do,” Netanyahu said.

So when will we start to fight back?

Labels: Binyamin Netanyahu, Hamas, United Nations Human Rights Council

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:24 PM