{"id":20270,"date":"2010-06-30T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T08:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=20270"},"modified":"2023-04-30T14:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T11:57:51","slug":"from-un-watch-geneva-headquarters-june-29-201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/06\/30\/from-un-watch-geneva-headquarters-june-29-201\/","title":{"rendered":"from UN Watch – Geneva Headquarters, June 29 201"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israel is under attack.<\/strong> Not with physical weapons, but with \u201clawfare\u201d<\/strong>\u2014a new form of war using the power of law to delegitimize Israel and weaken its global standing.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this battle, UN Watch is situated at Ground Zero, directly across the street from the U.N.\u2019s misnamed Human Rights Council<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tragically, this international body is busy creating one sham investigation after another<\/strong> to slander Israel\u2019s finest soldiers as “war criminals<\/strong>.” The council\u2019s biased reports are then cited as \u201ccredible\u201d international evidence to prosecute Israelis in courts worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let me tell you where things stand, what we\u2019re doing about it, and how you can help<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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UN Watch speak truth to powe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lawfare is dangerously moving from the U.N. into domestic courts. In a 70-page complaint filed last Wednesday in a Belgian court, former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and other Israeli leaders and officers stand accused of war crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we feared, the complaint cites the Human Rights Council\u2019s notorious Goldstone Report, a deeply flawed document that falsely accuses Israeli officials of deliberately<\/em> <\/strong>targeting Palestinian civilians in last January\u2019s war.<\/span><\/p>\n

Worse, the council is moving ahead on another mission\u2014a copycat of the Goldstone probe\u2014to investigate the May 31st flotilla incident<\/strong>. Once again, the guilty verdict was declared in advance: Israel was condemned \u201cin the strongest terms\u201d <\/strong>for an \u201coutrageous attack.\u201d First they decide, then they collect the facts…<\/span><\/p>\n

So what are we doing in response?<\/span><\/p>\n

UN Watch is fighting back, exposing hypocrisy, and spreading the truth. <\/em><\/strong>We led this year’s battle to discredit the Goldstone Report, bringing British Colonel Richard Kemp to testify.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in the June council session that just ended, UN Watch intervened before the world\u2019s ambassadors with 10 powerful speeches, translated into numerous languages and diffused around the globe. Consider our impact:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    When the U.N. held an \u201curgent debate\u201d on the flotilla, UN Watch was the only organization to testify about the violent Jihadists on the Mavi Marmara ship who deliberately provoked Israel. Our speech was seen throughout the world on YouTube\u2014click here for video — and reprinted on the editorial page of the National Post<\/strong><\/em>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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      UN Watch exposed the council members\u2019 hypocrisy and double standards in ignoring this month\u2019s real<\/em> humanitarian catastrophe, in Kyrgyzstan\u2014click for video.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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        When the Syrian delegate revived the ancient blood libel<\/strong> by accusing Israel of\u00a0teaching its children to sing about “sucking blood” and “tearing flesh,” <\/strong>UN Watch was the only\u00a0one at the\u00a0U.N.\u00a0to speak out.\u00a0Following our appeal, the United States <\/strong>responded<\/strong> strongly, saying, “Such insults and slurs are deeply offensive and an affront to the dignity of all. They evoke classic anti-semitic stereotypes.”<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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          When U.N. investigator Richard Falk called for a “Legitimacy war” against Israel<\/strong>, UN Watch exposed his support for Hamas — and\u00a0for 9\/11 conspiracy theories.<\/strong> Click here for video.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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            UN Watch itemized massacres around the world over the past 12 months that were systematically ignored by the council, which only summoned moral outrage when it came to\u00a0Israel. This speech was reprinted prominently in yesterday\u2019s Toronto Sun<\/strong><\/em>. Columnist Peter Worthington wrote that UN Watch \u201chas earned lots of respect,\u201d praising us as \u201cone of the more interesting organizations concerned with\u00a0the fate of the world and the people in it.\u201d\u00a0World leaders visiting Toronto\u2019s G-20 summit hopefully saw the article.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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            Day in and day out, we expose the U.N. council\u2019s phony veneer of credibility, by reminding the world of its membership: gross violators like Col. Qaddafi\u2019s Libya, Cuba, China, Pakistan, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. This month alone, UN Watch\u2019s facts and truth-telling message were quoted in such places as the <\/strong>Miami Herald<\/strong><\/em>, <\/strong>FOX News<\/strong><\/em>, and the prestigious Foreign Policy<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

            Our battle is non-stop. I just got back to my office now from a meeting of human rights organizations with the U.N.’s new committee of legal experts to implement the Goldstone Report. I was the only one to speak out against the report’s bias. I submitted detailed rebuttal evidence, and warned the experts\u00a0of how their findings\u00a0will be misused by the Arab-controlled council to the benefit of Hamas terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n

            Selim, you <\/strong><\/span>can help UN Watch defend freedom, democracy and truth by supporting the work of our dedicated staff of six to battle dictatorships and double standards, and to defend the right of Israel to exist as a legitimate U.N. member state.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

            That’s why I am\u00a0asking for your financial support. Please, Selim,\u00a0send a\u00a0secure online donation<\/strong> now so we can continue speaking truth to power. It’s wrong for human rights to be hijacked by the world\u2019s worst abusers and their apologists. And I know you won’t tolerate it.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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