Monday, December 15, 2008

Unexpectedly, Israel Gets Tough On UN

Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council's special rapporteur on the situation of Palestinian human rights in the West Bank and Gaza, was denied entry to Israel, it emerged Monday.

Falk, an American Jew, arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday with his entourage for his first visit since assuming his role in order to compile a report on the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories...Simona Halperin, the director of the Foreign Ministry's International Organization and Human Rights department, said that Falk was turned back since as rapporteur he was "illegitimate."

Halperin called Falk "completely unobjective," citing his comparisons of Israelis to Nazis and Israel's actions to the Holocaust, and as such, she said, he was "unwelcome."


Goodness.

Is an operation against the Gaza Qassams or to free Gild Schalit in the works?

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