Israeli Envoy to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan on Friday literally tore to pieces the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s annual report whereas on the rostrum of the UN Common Meeting, claiming it was biassed towards Israel, information companies reported.
The UNHRC held a particular listening to on the Common Meeting whereas its president, Michelle Bachelet, introduced the annual report back to all member states.
Within the report, the findings of an investigative committee based after the Israeli occupation’s offensive on Gaza that killed 260 Palestinians, together with 67 kids, 40 girls, and 16 aged, have been introduced.
A number of entire households have been killed within the offensive, together with senior doctor Ayman Abu Al-Ouf and his family.
The report condemned and criticised Israel for the brutal assaults.
Within the report, the UNHRC condemned:
The development of the wall being constructed by Israel, the occupying energy, within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with in and round East Jerusalem, and its related regime are opposite to worldwide legislation.
The UNHRC reaffirmed: “The precept of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by pressure, and deeply involved on the fragmentation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem, via settlement actions and different measures.”
It additionally mentioned it was: “Gravely involved that long-standing impunity for worldwide legislation violations has allowed for the recurrence of grave violations with out consequence.”
The report harassed the significance of ending Israel’s impunity to be able to: “Guarantee justice and entry to an efficient treatment, deter additional violations, defend civilians and promote peace.”
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Israeli forces dangle the physique of a Palestinian man from a bulldozer – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]
It additionally expressed its: “Grave concern at studies of significant human rights violations and grave breaches of worldwide humanitarian legislation, together with potential struggle crimes and crimes towards humanity, within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem.”
It deplored: “The persevering with and detrimental penalties of the conflicts in and across the Gaza Strip, together with all casualties, significantly amongst Palestinian civilians, together with kids, and ongoing violations of worldwide legislation.”
The report known as for: “Full respect for worldwide humanitarian and human rights legislation and for the ideas of legality, distinction, precaution, and proportionality.”
It additionally mentioned that it was: “Gravely involved concerning the dire humanitarian, socioeconomic and safety state of affairs within the Gaza Strip, together with that ensuing from the extended closures and extreme financial and motion restrictions that in impact quantity to a blockade, and concerning the quick and longterm detrimental affect of this case, and the widespread destruction and continued impediments to the reconstruction course of by Israel, the occupying Energy, on the human rights state of affairs.”
Erdan couldn’t bear to simply accept this disclosure of Israeli crimes and tore a replica of the report into items.
“The Human Rights Council attacked and condemned Israel in 95 resolutions in comparison with 142 resolutions towards the remainder of the world,” Erdan expressed. “This distorted and one-sided report’s place is within the dustbin of anti-Semitism,” he claimed.
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